Paris Photo

Paris Photo is an international art fair of photography held annually since 1997 in Paris, France in November. The fair is held in the Grand Palais, a large historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located at the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement.

Between 2013 and 2015, a Los Angeles edition of Paris Photo was held annually at Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood. Since 2012 the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards have been announced and exhibited at Paris Photo.

Every year, Paris Photo invites a selected country or region to promote their native artists. In 2006 Spain was selected, and in 2007 Scandinavia.

In 2006, public attendance was 40,000. By 2014, nearly 60,000 people visited the Grand Palais for the fairs 18th edition.

Florence Bourgeois is its current director. She was preceded by Julien Frydman.

In 2013, a Los Angeles edition of Paris Photo was held for the first time at Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood. The fair was organized by Reed Exhibitions.

The fair's 2014 edition featured a tribute to Dennis Hopper, including a display of his photographic work and a screening of his 1971 film, The Last Movie. 16,000 visitors attended the fair over the course of four days.

In 2015, the biggest galleries that participated in the fair's earlier Los Angeles editions, including Fraenkel Gallery (San Francisco), Emmanuel Perrotin (Paris) and Gagosian Gallery (New York), did not return. After three editions of Paris Photo Los Angeles, the fourth edition was canceled in early 2016 and plans for a Los Angeles edition of the FIAC fair were also tossed.

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