Paris Photo 2007

Italy Guest of Honour

November 15 - 18, 2007
At the Carrousel du Louvre

Preview (on invitation only):
Wednesday, November 14^th, 2007
from 7pm to 10pm



www.parisphoto.fr

Paris Photo 2007 - The eye of the world

From November 15^th to 18^th, 2007, the 11^th edition will bring together 104 exhibitors (83 galleries and 21 publishers) from 17 countries. Seventy-seven percent of the participants come from outside France. Showcased at the fair will be the work of some 500 international photographers and artists from every continent.

Special focus on Italian contemporary photography


Vincenzo Castella, #09 Napoli, Property: UniCredit Group Collection, 2006

In 2007, the guest of honour at Paris Photo is Italy.
Four events highlighting the best of Italian photography:

Central Exhibition:
Italian landscape photography since 1970 from the UniCredit Collection

Statement:
A selection of eight galleries presenting solo exhibitions by emerging contemporary artists
Luca Andreoni, Nepente, Milan
Bianco e Valente,VM21, Rome
Botto e Bruno, Alberto Peola, Turin
Lorenza Lucchi Basili, Oredaria, Rome
Raffaela Mariniello, Trisorio, Naples
Maurizio Montagna, Bel Vedere, Milan
Eugenio Tibaldi, Umberto di Marino, Naples
Carlo Valsecchi, Guido Costa, Turin

General Sector:
An overview of Italian photography from the 1950s to the present day with thematic and group exhibitions presented by 8 galleries

Project-Room:
A panorama of contemporary video from the collections of Italy's leading art institutions:
Castello de Rivoli (Turin), MART (Trente e Rovereto), MAMbo (Bologne) and MAXXI (Rome).

Invited curator for Italy : Walter Guadagnini, independent curator and art critic
The Central Exhibition, the Statement section and the Project Room are supported by UniCredit Group, Paris Photo's official partner for 2007, as well as by the Italian Foreign Ministry's Department for cultural promotion and cooperation and the Italian Ministry of Culture's Department for the Arts and Architecture (DARC).

The BMW-Paris Photo Prize
Now in its fourth year, the BMW-Paris Photo Prize has become an important landmark in the world of international photography. A panel of prestigious international experts will select the winner of this 12,000-euro prize from among the living artists represented by Paris Photo 2007 participating galleries.The theme for 2007 will be "Water, the Origin of Life". The award ceremony itself will take place on Thursday, November 15 and the works by the 16 finalists will be on view during Paris Photo.

Short-listed artists:
Olivo Barbieri | Wout Berger | Bianco-Valente | Lucinda Devlin | Tibor Gyenis | Jitka Hanzlová | DoDo Jin Ming | Anna Malagrida | Boris Mikhailov | Trent Parke | Luciano Romano | Franck Rothe | Alessandra Sanguinetti | Zoe Strauss | Ebbe Stup Wittrup | Silvio Wolf

Details

Dates: November 15^th to 18^th, 2007
Opening by invitation only: Wednesday, November 14^th 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Venue: Carrousel du Louvre, 99 rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris

Opening hours:
Thursday, November 15^th from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm, Friday, November 16^th from 11:00 am to 9:00 pm, Saturday, November 17^th from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm, Sunday, November 18 ^th from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm

General admission: 15 €, 7.50 € for students and groups
Catalogue: 20 €

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List of exhibitors 2007:

GALLERIES : Luis Adelantado (Valencia), Admira Photography (Milan), Agathe Gaillard (Paris), Juana de Aizpuru (Madrid), Anhava (Helsinki), Oliva Arauna (Madrid), Baudoin Lebon (Paris), Bonni Benrubi (New York), Daniel Blau (Munich), Brancolini Grimaldi Arte Contemporanea (Florence), Camera Obscura (Paris), Camera Work (Berlin), Clairefontaine (Luxemburg), Charles Cowles (New York), Anne de Villepoix (Paris), Johannes Faber (Vienna), Dominique Fiat (Paris), Fifty One Fine Art Photography (Antwerp), Les Filles du Calvaire (Paris), Flatland (Utrecht), Forma Centro Internazionale di Fotografia ( Milan) , Fotografia Italiana Arte Contemporanea (Milan),Eric Franck Fine Art (London), Fucares (Madrid), Galerie 1900-2000 (Paris), Gitterman Gallery (New York), Howard Greenberg (New York), Hamiltons (London), Robert Hershkowitz (Sussex, UK), Michael Hoppen (London), Edwynn Houk (New York), Charles Isaacs Photographs (New York), Galerie du Jour agnès b. (Paris), Kicken (Berlin), Robert Klein (Boston), Hans P. Kraus, Jr. (New York), Kudlek Van der Grinten (Cologne), Studio La Citta (Verona), Yvon Lambert (Paris / New York), Luisotti (Santa Monica), Lumière des Roses (Montreuil), Galerie m Bochum (Bochum), M+B (Los Angeles), Magnum Photos (Paris), Marella Gallery (Milan/Beijing), Martin Asbaek Projects (Copenhagen), Max Estrella (Madrid), Mem (Osaka), Laurence Miller (New York), Robert Miller (New York), Massimo Minini (Brescia), Galerie Olivier Robert (Paris), Priska Pasquer (Cologne), Photo & Contemporary (Turin), The Photographers' Gallery (London), Picture Photo Space (Osaka), Serge Plantureux (Paris), Polaris (Paris), Le Réverbère (Lyon), Yancey Richardson (New York), Rose Gallery (Santa Monica), Senda (Barcelona) Bruce Silverstein Photography (New York), Galeria Filomena Soares (Lisbon), Michael Stevenson (Cape Town), T20 (Murcia), Taik Gallery (Helsinki), Taro Nasu (Tokyo)Toluca (Paris), Vintage (Budapest), Vu' la Galerie (Paris), Esther Woerdehoff (Paris), Xippas (Paris /Athens), Van Kranendonk (The Hague) Van Zoetendaal (Amsterdam).

STATEMENT ITALY: Alberto Peola (Turin), Bel Vedere (Milan), Guido Costa Projects (Turin), Nepente (Milan), Oredaria (Rome), Trisorio (Naples), Umberto di Marino Arte Contemporanea (Naples), VM21 (Rome).

PUBLISHERS: Antiquariaat L. van Paddenburgh (Leiden), Studio Franck Bordas (Paris), Librairie La Chambre Claire (Paris), Damiani Editore (Bologne), Filigranes Editions (Paris/Trézélan), Simon Finch Rare Books (London), Galerie de Multiples (Paris), Harper's Books (East Hampton), Hatje Cantz (Stuttgart), J.J Heckenhauer (Berlin), Journal (Stockholm), Librairie 213 (Paris), Lodima Press (Revere/USA), Florence Loewy (Paris), Tissato Nakahara (Paris), Denis Ozanne (Paris), Phaidon (Paris/London), Schaden.com (Cologne), Steidl (Gottingen/ London), Taschen (Paris), Trolley (London).

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