Paris Photo 2024 celebrated its grand return to the Grand Palais with a particularly successful edition. This year, the event highlighted a dynamic photographic scene, with a particular focus on emerging talents and the rediscovery of historical artists.
“Emergence”
The « Emergence » sector of Paris Photo 2024 was particularly rich in discoveries. Among the many high-quality projects were:
The series On the Ground among the Animals by Marina Caneve, exhibited by Montrasio Art, which explores the ambiguities of the human dominant position over nature, as well as the tensions that emerge from their relationship with animals.
The Madé Gallery presented four photographic series by Camille Vivier, grouped under the name Ai No Corrida. This ensemble reminds us of the irrepressible human desire to shape bodies as well as objects.
At the Afronova gallery, we discovered the work of Vuyo Mabheka. Vuyo explores identity and social justice through a work that combines drawing and photography. His works blend these two mediums to address themes of transformation and memory, while offering a reflection on the contemporary African condition.
Prestigious names and unexpected dicoveries
The 2024 edition brilliantly balanced prestigious names and unexpected discoveries. Among the big names, the Bruce Silverstein gallery exhibited the photographs of Ed Ruscha, whose iconic landscapes capture the subtleties of American culture and everyday banality. Additionally, at the Stevenson gallery, the Umbra series by Viviane Sassen explores identity and perception through images on the verge of abstraction, touching both poetry and psychological depth.
The Alberto Damian gallery presented the work of Franco Zecchin, with his poignant documentation of the Sicilian mafia. His images, striking in their brutality and resignation, provide a direct insight into the reality of life in Sicily.
Surrealism being in the spotlight this year, we found the magnificent work of Yoshifumi Hattori represented by the Tokyoite MEM gallery, which this year wanted to highlight the work of photographers from Nagoya, the third largest city in central Japan.
In a completely different register, the gallery from Berlin, Carlier Gebauer, presented the formal and perfectly mastered work of Brazilian artist Lucia Koch. The artist captures the interior of empty boxes and packaging from an architectural angle. By playing with perspective, her photographs, once exhibited, seem to extend the surrounding space.
Paris Photo 2024 also aimed to highlight photographers from Eastern Europe. The work of Kaldor Laslo, presented by Vintage Gallery Budapest, particularly attracted attention. His black and white photographs, marked by thoughtful minimalism, explore themes of memory and identity.
Finally, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch was invited by Paris Photo to design an original artistic journey within the fair. This journey highlights a selection of varied works, ranging from the documentary work of August Sander to the pop aesthetics of David Hockney.
Ink & Voices 