Juliette Agnel presents a unique project that she created specifically for the space of the Carrousel du Louvre as part of a carte blanche for the Photo Days festival. During the summer of 2024, she visited the Jardin d’Essai of the Zinsou Foundation in Benin. There, she discovered its unique vegetation, a rare testament to the Dahomey gap, a climatic upheaval that occurred in this part of the world 4,500 years ago. Sensitive to the telluric forces, the artist carved her way through this histo… more

For the emblematic location cinema venue L'Arlequin, Photo Days gives carte blanche to Ariane Michel. The artist has chosen to focus on the cinematic heritage of FPA France, which preserves classic films by Griffith, Keaton, Eisenstein, and Flaherty, among others. She reinterprets these films in her own way, creating an immersive space in the bar area of L'Arlequin's basement. Her installation blends crafted sounds, photograms from classic films, and her own images to question our perception of … more

Photo Days is pleased to invite the Lithuanian association NPO ‘Kultūrinės ir organizacinės idėjos’ to present more than 40 photographic works dating from 1960 to 1990 by the most recognized Lithuanian photographers: Violeta BUBELYTĖ, Algimantas KUNČIUS, Aleksandras MACIJAUSKAS, Romualdas POŽERSKIS, and Algirdas ŠEŠKUS.more

At the invitation of Photo Days, Carline Bourdelas creates a series for the Rotonde Balzac about the madness and genius of the artist, drawing inspiration from "The Unknown Masterpiece." This short story, around sixty pages long, features an imaginary character, the old master Frenhofer, alongside two historical figures, the Flemish François Pourbus and the very young Nicolas Poussin. Built around the theme of the invisible work, which merges in the artist's imagination with a woman whose reali… more

In resonance with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Letizia Le Fur celebrates the "small games" of everyday life — those fleeting moments that reveal the vibrant energy of the city. Inspired by philosopher Mathieu Triclot, who asserts that "to play is to become human," she explores how these moments shape our connection to urban space. After spending six months in Paris and its suburbs, she notes: "Adults play less than I thought, but I discovered some die-hard players." For her project, she choos… more

For the first time, Photo Days is setting up in the library of the Hôtel de l’Industrie, a space usually closed to the public. This historic venue features an installation by Anaïs Tondeur that unfolds in a play of mirrors, plunging into ancient times to encounter an image of transformation.

As we experience a significant turning point, this photographic research draws from a passage in the Kojiki, a Japanese cosmogonic myth that recounts the rebirth of the world through laughter. Composed … more

During the first editions of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels festival, in London in March 2022 and Hong Kong in May 2023, American photographer Olivia Bee followed the choreographers and dancers day after day, creating a series of film images that pause movement and capture the beauty of the moment.
Presented by Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels and the Centre national de la danse, in collaboration with Photo Days.more

Photo Days presents an exhibition of Elger Esser in the Rotonde Balzac, opened for the occasion. Inspired by the world of the famous writer, the artist from the Düsseldorf school has delved into his archives of the Loire riverbank landscapes to illustrate the settings of Balzac's novel "Le Lys dans la vallée".more

Sophie Hatier is the first artist in residence at the Château Jean Faure, our Photo Days partner. This exhibition presents part of this residency, alongside a selection of previously unseen images from the Loin des Jardins series (Camargue, Iceland), some of which were taken this summer (Norway).more

During the 2022 portfolio readings, Italian photographer Costanza Gastaldi has won an artistic residency in Brazil, a collaboration between Photo Days, the Iandé collective and the Paranapiacaba Festival. Her images speak of a distant, colonial past, of the legends that have come down to us today, and of the future stakes involved in preserving the Mata Atlantica and its eco-system.more