Paris Photo 2018: women photographers in the spotlight

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The 22nd edition of Paris Photo offers a route to honor women. RFI / David Pauget

The largest photography fair in the world is held until November 11, 2018 under the nave of the Grand Palais in Paris. This year, women photographers, often unknown, are honored.

It is the unmissable event in the world of the image, attracting every year collectors, photographers, or enthusiasts. Until November 11, Paris Photo, the largest international photography fair in the world, is held under the nave of the Grand Palais in Paris.

For this 22nd edition - gathering 196 exhibitors from 38 countries - women photographers, sometimes forgotten, often unknown, are in the spotlight: Julia Margaret Cameron, one of the first to have practiced photography in the mid-19th century , to contemporary artists, and the feminist avant-garde movement of the 1970s.

" Elles x Paris Photo " course

This proposal takes the form of a course entitled "Elles x Paris Photo", a joint initiative of the Ministry of Culture and Paris Photo. On site, the various works to be part of it are indicated by an orange sticker. Nearly 100 images retrace the different movements in the history of photography, under the prism of women.

" Women seize the medium from the beginning of the photograph, and little by little they have been forgotten. The man has often overtaken the woman, while they have created a lot, have counted in the history of photography, "said Fannie Escoulen, independent commissioner, who was invited to program this course.

According to her, this initiative also reflects an awareness in society about the lack of visibility of women. " It goes beyond the arts as shown by the #MeToo movement. Things can change very quickly, people are eager to discover the works of women, "she says.

" Our lack of visibility ruins our careers "

On Thursday, November 8th, 13 women from diverse backgrounds, part of La Part des Femmes, a collective committed to the visibility of women photographers, presented their "Manifesto for Photography". " Our creative and production capacities are weak, our lack of visibility ruins our careers. We represent only 20% of the artists helped by public funds, "they denounced on the stage of the auditorium of Paris Photo.

For Marie Docher, photographer, member of the collective, "Elles x Paris Photo" is a salutary initiative. " For a moment, you have to put your foot in the door. We can not do otherwise, "she says.

Paris Photo 2018: women photographers in the spotlight

The 22nd edition of Paris Photo offers a route to honor women.

RFI / David Pauget

By David Pauget

The largest photography fair in the world is held until November 11, 2018 under the nave of the Grand Palais in Paris. This year, women photographers, often unknown, are honored.

It is the essential rendezvous in the world of the image, attracting each year collectors, photographers, or enthusiasts. Until November 11, Paris Photo, the largest international photography fair in the world, is held under the nave of the Grand Palais in Paris.

For this 22nd edition - gathering 196 exhibitors from 38 countries - women photographers, sometimes forgotten, often unknown, are in the spotlight: Julia Margaret Cameron, one of the first to have practiced photography in the mid-19th century , to contemporary artists, and the feminist avant-garde movement of the 1970s.

"Elles x Paris Photo" course

This proposal takes the form of a course entitled "Elles x Paris Photo", a joint initiative of the Ministry of Culture and Paris Photo. On site, the various works to be part of it are indicated by an orange sticker. Nearly 100 images retrace the different movements in the history of photography, under the prism of women.

"Women seize the medium from the beginning of the photograph, and little by little, they have been forgotten. The man has often overtaken the woman, while they have created a lot, have counted in the history of photography, "said Fannie Escoulen, independent commissioner, who was invited to program this course.

According to her, this initiative also reflects an awareness in society about the lack of visibility of women. "It goes beyond the arts as shown by the #MeToo movement. Things can change very quickly, people are eager to discover the works of women, "she says.

"Our lack of visibility ruins our careers"

On Thursday, November 8th, 13 women from diverse backgrounds, part of La Part des Femmes, a collective committed to the visibility of women photographers, presented their "Manifesto for Photography". "Our creative and production capacities are weak, our lack of visibility ruins our careers. We represent only 20% of the artists helped by public funds, "they denounced on the stage of the auditorium of Paris Photo.

For Marie Docher, photographer, member of the collective, "Elles x Paris Photo" is a salutary initiative. "For a moment, you have to put your foot in the door. We can not do otherwise, "she says.

"This extremely low visibility is detrimental to photography. The image is a reflection on the world, so without that of women, it gives only one point of view, "she adds. A question that crosses the world of photography, as evidenced by the exhibition "Who's afraid of women photographers? ", Presented at the Musée d'Orsay and the Orangerie, in October 2015.

" This extremely low visibility is detrimental to photography. The image is a reflection on the world, so without that of women, it gives only one point of view, "she adds. A question that crosses the world of photography, as evidenced by the exhibition "Who's afraid of women photographers? ", Presented at the Musée d'Orsay and the Orangerie, in October 2015.