Sectors & curators

Main and Prismes projects
 

The Main sector hosts 200 international galleries exhibiting historical and contemporary photographs as well as image-based arts, offering the broadest overview of the medium. Incorporated into the Main sector, the Prismes projects explore uses of the image in a diverse range of practices, in dialogue with other media: exceptional projects, very large formats, series and sculptural installations, video art.

Book 
 

The Book sector features specialist publishing houses, who are displaying photography books, limited editions, printed works, multiples and artist’s books. Publishers are selected by a committee of specialists from the world of publishing.


 

Digital
 

Since 2023, Paris Photo has been offering a Digital sector dedicated to photography and the image in the digital age.

Curated by Nina Roehrs - a specialist in art in the digital age - the sector presents a selection of contemporary art galleries and curated platforms at the forefront of new technologies, highlighting artists who incorporate digital realities in their work.

With the pioneering creation of the Digital sector in 2023, Paris Photo was the first fair in Europe to dedicate a specific programme to digital art, offering a unique space to this sector in the heart of the Grand Palais nave.

Voices

For the second year, Paris Photo invites two renowned curators to select artists from the international scene for the Voices sector. They are invited to create a proposal centred on contemporary themes in order to spotlight an artistic scene or the use of a particular medium in a shared space. 

The 2025 curators are:

– Dr Devika Singh, Senior Lecturer at the Courtauld Institute
– Nadine Wietlishbach, Director of Fotomuseum Winterthur

Emergence 

The Emergence sector features 24 galleries and showcases solo artists’ shows centred on a specific project. Galleries show a new project or one that is presented by a young gallery. Since 2018, Paris Photo has been supporting young international galleries and artists with an attractive offer. The Emergence sector is located along the walkways on the first floor of the Grand Palais, overlooking the nave.

Digital sector: Nina Roehrs

The Digital sector will be curated by Nina Roehrs, expert on art in the digital age. It presents a selection of contemporary art galleries and curated platforms at the forefront of new technologies, highlighting artists who incorporate digital realities in their work. With the pioneering creation of the sector in 2023, Paris Photo was the first fair in Europe to dedicate a specific programme. 

Voices sector: Nadine Wietlisbach & Devika Singh

For its second edition, the Voices sector continues its exploration of the international scene by welcoming two new curators. They are invited to create a proposal centred on contemporary themes in order to spotlight an artistic scene or a specific medium practice.

Dr Devika Singh
Curator, art critic and art historian 

Devika Singh is a curator, art critic and art historian. Currently a Senior Lecturer in Curating at the Courtauld in London, she was previously Curator, International Art at Tate Modern. She has curated exhibitions and collection displays at the CSMVS (Mumbai), Dhaka Art Summit, Dubai Design District, Kettle’s Yard (Cambridge) and Tate Modern. She is the author of International Departures: Art in India after Independence (Reaktion Books, 2023), a joint editor of the Oxford Art Journal and her writing has appeared widely in exhibition catalogues, art magazines and journals. 

Nadine Wietlisbach
Director of Fotomuseum Winterthur 

Nadine Wietlisbach has been director of Fotomuseum Winterthur since 2018, where she and her team are developing a programme that focuses on societal questions, photographic phenomena influenced by digitally networked media and the engagement with contemporary image literacy. Wietlibach has curated numerous international exhibition s including solo shows with Rachel de Joode (2017), Adrian Sauer (2018), Anne Collier (2019), Sophie Calle (2019) and Poulomi Basu (2025), as well as thematic exhibitions including Disruptive Perspectives (2017), Because the Night (2019) and Chosen Family – Less Alone Together (2022). Wietlisbach is the editor and author of numerous books and texts and takes part in international juries. Her curatorial journey started with the independent art space sic! Raum für Kunst in Lucerne, Switzerland, continued with stays in South Africa, the USA and as director of Photoforum Pasquart in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. She is particularly interested in cultural institutions as a catalyst for a speculative future

The Voices 2024 curators were: Elena Navarro, FotoMexico Founder, Independent Curator - Azu Nwagbogu, LagosPhoto Festival Founder and President, Independent Curator - Sonia Voss, Independent Curator

Elles × Paris Photo path: Devrim Bayar

Curator Devrim Bayar has been invited to create the Elles × Paris Photo path dedicated to women artists, in partnership with the Ministry of Culture. Since it was created in 2018, Elles x Paris Photo programme has increased the representation of women artists at the fair from 20% to 38%.