Held this year from 10 to 13 November, Paris Photo celebrates its 15th anniversary by moving to a new location, the Nave of the Grand Palais, a spectacular venue like no other in the French capital for presenting works by photographic artists, thus marking a major turning point for this important international event.

Paris Photo 2011 takes African photography as its special theme, paying tribute to the rich breadth and diversity of work produced by the continent’s creative talent in this field, from Bamako to Cape Town. A total of 118 international galleries, representing France and 29 other countries, have been selected to present the best of nineteenth-century, modern and contemporary photography in the heart of Paris.

Among this year’s participants, 69 galleries were also exhibitors in 2010:

Anne de Villepoix (Paris) Bernard Quaritch (London) Bernheimer Fine Art Photography(Munich) Bonni Benrubi (New York) Brancolini Grimaldi (London) Bruce Silverstein (New York) Camera Obscura (Paris) Daniel Blau (Munich) DNA (Berlin) Edwynn Houk (New York) Eric Franck Fine Art (London) Ernst Hilger (Vienna) Esther Woerdehoff (Paris) Fifty One Fine Art Photography (Antwerpen) Flatland (Utrecht) Flowers (London) Forma Galleria (Milano) Françoise Paviot (Paris) Galeria Asymetria (Warsaw) Galerie du jour agnès b. (Paris) Galerie Loevenbruck (Paris) Galerija Fotografija (Ljubljana) Gitterman (New York) Guido Costa Projects (Torino) Hamiltons (London) Hans P. Kraus Jr. (New York) Howard Greenberg (New York) Johannes Faber (Vienna) Kuckei+Kuckei (Berlin) La Fabrica Galeria (Madrid) Le Réverbère (Lyon) Leica (Praha) Les Filles du Calvaire (Paris) m Bochum (Bochum)

Lumière des Roses (Montreuil) M+B (Los Angeles) Laurence Miller (New York) Magnum (Paris) Martin Asbaek (Copenhagen) Max Estrella (Madrid) Melanie Rio (Nantes) MEM (Osaka) Michael Hoppen (London) Michael Stevenson (Cape Town) Obsis (Paris) Polaris (Paris) Priska Pasquer (Cologne) Purdy Hicks (London) Robert Klein (Boston) Robert Koch (San Francisco) Robert Mann (New York) Robert Morat (Hamburg) Rosegallery (Santa Monica) RX (Paris) Silk Road (Tehran) Serge Plantureux (Paris) Stephen Bulger (Toronto) Stephen Daiter (Chicago) TaiK (Helsinki) Tanit (Munich) Taro Nasu (Tokyo) The Empty Quarter Gallery (Dubaï City) Toluca (Paris) Vintage (Budapest) VU’ (Paris) Xippas (Paris) Yancey Richardson (New York) Yossi Milo (New York)

A further 48 galleries are participating in the event for the first time this year, adding their unique contribution to the vitality, quality and variety of artists exhibited:

Analix forever (Geneva) André Magnin (Paris) Andrea Meislin (New-York) Bailey Seippel (Johannesburg) Baudoin Lebon (Paris) Bertrand Grimont (Paris) Bryce Wolkowitz (New York) Camera Work (Berlin) Christophe Gaillard (Paris) Corkin (Toronto) Csaba Morocz photographies (Paris) Danziger Projects (New York) Fraenkel (San Francisco) Gabrielle Maubrie (Paris) Gagosian Gallery (Paris) Galerie 1900-2000 (Paris) Goodman (Johannesburg) Grafika la Estampa (Mexico City) Guillermo de Osma S.L (Madrid) Gun (Stockholm) Hackelbury Fine Art (London) Ilan Engel (Paris) in camera (Paris) James Hyman (London) Jean Brolly (Paris) Julie Saul (New York) Kahmann (Amsterdam) Kunstagenten / Feldbuschwiesner (Berlin) Laurent Godin (Paris) Luisotti (Santa Monica) Magda Danysz (Paris) Marian Goodman (Paris) MOMO (Johannesburg) Michèle Chomette (Paris) Nordenhake (Berlin) Pace/MacGill (New-York) Paris-Beijing (Paris) Paul Andriesse (Amsterdam) Peter Lav (Copenhagen) Peyroulet (Paris) Photo & contemporary (Torino) Revue Noire (Paris) Springer & Winckler (Berlin) Steven Kasher (New York) Sultana (Paris) The Third Gallery Aya (Osaka) Thessa Herold (Paris) Thomas Zander (Cologne)

Some fifteen internationally renowned publishers and specialist booksellers round out Paris Photo’s global selection and will occupy an exhibition space within the fair reserved especially for them:

Actes Sud (Arles) Akaaka * (Tokyo) bookshop M (Tokyo) Denis Ozanne (Paris) Dirk Bakker Boeken * (Amsterdam) Filigranes (Paris) Harper’s Books (East Hampton) Irving Zucker Art Book * (New York) John McWhinnie & Glen Horowitz bookseller * (New York) Les Editions de L’œil * (Paris) Librairie 213 (Paris) Phaidon (London) Schaden.com (Cologne) Steidl (Göttingen, London) The Aperture Foundation (New York) Tissato Nakahara (Paris) Woodfinch (London) Xavier Barral * (Paris)

* Publishers and booksellers participating in Paris Photo for the first time in 2011 or returning to the fair after an absence

Last year, Paris Photo 2010 welcomed some 38,000 visitors, ranging from amateur and professional photographers to photography enthusiasts and collectors.

Taking on greater prominence with its move to the Grand Palais, Paris Photo continues to develop activities for all of its visitors, always with the objective of making a vital contribution to, and exploring interconnections with, the city’s cultural programming. For example, Paris Photo organises personalised itineraries for its VIPs through the city’s cultural institutions and other venues so as to treat them to the best of what the current Paris arts scene has to offer.