Elles x Paris Photo

A program dedicated to women photographers, supported by the French Ministry of Culture

Curator Aldeide Delgado 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 39%.

Aldeide Delgado is an art historian, curator, and founder of WOPHA (Women Photographers International Archive), an institution dedicated to highlighting the contributions of women and non-binary artists to the history of photography.

Silvia Rosi, Disintegrata di Profilo (Disintegrated profile), 2024 – Courtesy of the artist & Southern Guild

About

Elles × Paris Photo Founded in 2018 in partnership with the Ministry of Culture, the Elles × Paris Photo program highlights the creation of women photographers and their role in the history of the image and its current trends. For its 2025 edition, it explores the complex relationship between the figure, often female, and the setting in which it is photographed, sometimes enveloping and sometimes consuming it. These interactions between body and context are never neutral: they reveal plural ways of inhabiting the world, of occupying space, of asserting a presence or, on the contrary, of erasing it.

Through this selection of works, a reflection on visibility, identity, and memory emerges. Some images depict drowsy figures, dreaming or with their eyes closed, suspended between interiority and appearance. They remind us that the photographic image is never unequivocal: it is made up of strata — visible or invisible, material or mental — that are superimposed and replayed with each glance. Because to see is also to project: our desires, our lacks, our memories, and our knowledge are intertwined in the very act of perceiving, constantly redefining what the image gives us to see.

Since 2018, this program has led to a significant increase in the representation of women artists at the Fair from 20% to 39%. Specified on the printed map distributed at the entrance of the Fair and available online, the program offers a specific focus of the Fair to the visitors. It is enriched throughout the year with a series of audiovisual and written interviews released on the Paris Photo website, social networks, and YouTube channel.

Aldeide Delgado,
Elles × Paris Photo 2026 curator

Aldeide Delgado is a Cuban-born, Miami-based Latinx art historian and curator, and Founder & Director of the Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA), an emerging institution dedicated to reshaping the histories and futures of photography by advancing the work of women and non-binary photographers.

Delgado is a leading voice in the field, with keynotes, lectures, and public programs presented at institutions including Tate Modern, Palais de Tokyo, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), the Clark Art Institute, and the University of Miami. Through exhibitions, publications, and international collaborations, her work mobilizes feminist and decolonial methodologies to expand the photographic canon.

She is the visionary behind the WOPHA Congress, the first global convening of feminist photography collectives and organizations, which has brought together nearly 100 leading artists, curators, and scholars and welcomed more than 2,000 attendees across its first two editions at PAMM and cultural institutions throughout South Florida.

Delgado is the author of Becoming Sisters: Women Photography Collectives & Organizations (2021) and the creator of the Catalog of Cuban Women Photographers, the first comprehensive survey of women's contributions to Cuban photography from the nineteenth century to the present. In 2025, she founded the Caribbean Photography Research Group, an international network advancing scholarship and dialogue on photography from the Caribbean and its diasporas.

Her work has been recognized with support from the Mellon Foundation, Pérez Family Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Green Family Foundation, the Knight Arts Challenge, the Ellies Creator Award, and fellowships from SAPS–La Tallera and TEOR/éTica.

Delgado currently serves on advisory boards and committees at Pérez Art Museum Miami, the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Lucie Foundation, the Feminist Art Coalition, and Fast Forward: Women in Photography.

Exhibitors list

RocioSantaCruz, Barcelona | Palmira Puig
ROLF ART, Buenos Aires | Sara Facio & Alicia D'amico
Serge Plantureux / Atelier 41, Senigallia* | Elisabeth Francart épouse Disderi
Southern Guild, New York | Sandra Brewster, Lebohang Kganye & Silvia Rosi
The Eriskay Connection, Breda | Piergoelam Michelle
The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka | Ishiuchi Miyako
Toluca Fine Art, Paris | Milagros de la Torre
Ungallery, Buenos Aires | Tatiana Parcero
Zander Galerie, Cologne | Tarrah Krajnak
Zen Foto Gallery,Tokyo | Tatiana Parcero

* First participation at Paris Photo

Rachelle Bussières

Rachelle Bussières, Light Field (2 minutes, folded), 2026 – Courtesy of the artist & Bigaignon

Aletheia Casey

Aletheia Casey, A Lost Place, 2026 – Courtesy of the artist & Damiani Books

Isabelle le Minh

Isabelle le Minh, FEEDBACKLOOP, AFTER LASZLO MOHOLY-NAGY, #1 : Refraction, 2023 – Courtesy of the artist & Galerie Christophe Gaillard

Carla Williams

Carla Williams, Side Braid, 1990 – Courtesy of the artist & Higher Pictures

Barbara Probst

Barbara Probst, Exposure #200, 2025 – Courtesy of the artist & Kuckei + Kuckei Gallery

Alicia D'amico

Alicia D'amico, La sombra, 1962 – Courtesy of the artist & ROLF ART

Silvia Rosi

Silvia Rosi, Disintegrata di Profilo (Disintegrated profile), 2024 – Courtesy of the artist & Southern Guild

Tarrah Krajnak

Tarrah Krajnak, For Ana (from Ayni, Offerings for my Sister), 2022 – Courtesy of the artist & Zander Galerie

Yildiz Moran

Yildiz Moran, Untitled, 1954– Courtesy of the artist & Galeri Nev

Elina Brotherus

Elina Brotherus, Sea (Not an Innocent Act of Contemplation), 2026 – Courtesy of the artist & Camara Oscura Galeria de Arte

Liz Rideal

Liz Rideal, Breathe, 2006 – Courtesy of the artist & England & Co

Mona Kuhn

Mona Kuhn, Silhouette, from the series Kings Road, 2021 – Courtesy of the artist & BILDHALLE

Kati Horna

Kati Horna, El botellón, from the series ''Paraísos artificiales'', 1962 – Courtesy of the artist, Archivo Privado de Fotografía y Gráfica Kati y José Horna, S.C. & Proyectos Monclova Gallery

Sarah Moon

Sarah Moon, The Clock , 1999– Courtesy of the artist & Howard Greenberg Gallery

Martine Barrat

Martine Barrat, Les mains de Clara Chaplin, Harlem , 1992 – Courtesy of the artist & La Galerie Rouge

Lebohang Kganye

Lebohang Kganye, Whispers in the Air, 2025– Courtesy of the artist & Southern Guild

Essonti Luque Agnes

Essonti Luque Agnes, Calabash (2), 2026– Courtesy of the artist & Bombon Projects

Morvarid K.

Morvarid K., Rémanence, 2024 – Courtesy of the artist & Bigaignon

Ilanit Illouz

Ilanit Illouz, Sans titre - Série Les Dolines, 2026– Courtesy of the artist & Galerie Anne-Laure Buffard

Alina Frieske

Alina Frieske, Untitled (Fruits), 2020 – Courtesy of the artist & Robert Morat Galerie

Laure Winants

Laure Winants, FOSSILES DU FUTUR, Impression immergée (Forêt de posidonies), 2026 – Courtesy of the artist & Galerie écho 119

Véronique Ellena

Véronique Ellena, La mort d'Alcibiade, from the series Clairs Obscurs, 2017 – Courtesy of the artist & HANGAR

Mao Ishikawa

Mao Ishikawa, from the series "a port town elegy", 1986 – Courtesy of the artist & POETIC SCAPE

Palmira Puig

Palmira Puig, Esperando a filha (Waiting for the daughter), 1950 – Courtesy of the artist & RocioSantaCruz

Elisabeth Francart épouse Disderi

Elisabeth Francart épouse Disderi, Grande Duchesse Marie of Russia, 1860 – Courtesy of the artist & Serge Plantureux / Atelier 41

Mari Katayama

Mari Katayama, tree of life #19, 2025 – Courtesy of the artist & Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve

Ishiuchi Miyako

Ishiuchi Miyako, BaySideCourt#54, 1972 – Courtesy of the artist & The Third Gallery Aya

Dionne Lee

Dionne Lee, Floaters, 2019 – Courtesy of the artist & Petra Bibeau

Ira Lombardia

Ira Lombardia, La imagen mariposa, 2026– Courtesy of the artists & Alarcón Criado

Berenice Abbott

Berenice Abbott, Princesse Marthe Bibesco, 1927– Courtesy of the artist & Lunn Ltd

Nozomi Suzuki

Nozomi Suzuki, The ring of Saturn: Zograscope-Spectacle Painting at St. Petersburg University, 2024– Courtesy of the artist & POETIC SPACE

Domicele Tarabildiene

Domicele Tarabildiene, A Nose for Time , 1930– Courtesy of the artist & Kaunas Photography gallery

Keisha Scarville

Keisha Scarville, Passports, 2026– Courtesy of the artist & MACK

Piergoelam Michelle

Piergoelam Michelle, Fourteen Leaves and a Cup of Water, 2026– Courtesy of the artist & The Eriskay Connection

Aurora Király

Aurora Király, Viewfinder #37 (Light), 2026 – Courtesy of the artist & Anca Poterașu Gallery

Alba Yruela

Alba Yruela, Ous de granota, 2025 – Courtesy of the artist & Chiquita Room

Guénaëlle de Carbonnières

Guénaëlle de Carbonnières, Creuser l'image, Pasargades, Persépolis, 2025 – Courtesy of the artist & Galerie Binome

Sylvie Bonnot

Sylvie Bonnot, Affleurements (Alexis), from the series Concordances des liens. Planches Contact Festival X Photo4Food, 2026 – Courtesy of the artist & HANGAR

Susan Meiselas

Susan Meiselas, Lena after the show. Essex Junction, Vermont, USA, 1973 – Courtesy of the artist, Magnum Photos & Magnum Gallery

Liz Deschenes

Liz Deschenes, Liz Deschenes: Works 2015–2026, 2026 – Courtesy of the artist & RADIUS BOOKS

Hélène Amouzou

Hélène Amouzou, Autoportrait, Molenbeek, 2010 – Courtesy of Galerie Carole Kvasnevski

Sandra Brewster

Sandra Brewster, Blur 23, 2023 – Courtesy of the artist & Southern Guild

Milagros de la Torre

Milagros de la Torre, Afterthoughts #35, 2024 – Courtesy of the artist & Toluca Fine Art

Kristina Õllek

Kristina Õllek, Evaporating Sea no. 1, 2024 – Courtesy of the artist & Kogo Gallery

Mika Ninagawa

Mika Ninagawa, Dancing with Shadows in the Light, 2026 – Courtesy of the artist & Bookshop M

Grete Stern & Ringl + Pit

Grete Stern, Ringl + Pit, Dandelions, Dessau, 1931– Courtesy of the artists & Jorge Mara-La Ruche

Elle Perez

Elle Perez, Untitled , 2025 – Courtesy of the artist & Public Relations

Merry Alpern

Merry Alpern, Dirty Windows #19, 1993 – Courtesy of the artist & Galerie Miranda

Tamiko Nishimura

Tamiko Nishimura, Eternal Chase, 1972 – Courtesy of the artist & Zen Foto Gallery

Tatiana Parcero

Tatiana Parcero, CARTOGRAFIA INTERIOR #21 , 1992 – Courtesy of the artist & Ungallery

Zofia Kulik

Zofia Kulik, KwieKulik, Variants of Red / The Path of Edward Gierek, 1971– Courtesy of the artist & Persons Projects

Curators of previous editions

2025: Devrim Bayar, Senior Curator at KANAL – Centre Pompidou

2024: Raphaëlle Stopin, Director of the Centre photographique Rouen Normandie

2023: Fiona Rogers, Curator of the Parasol Foundation Women in Photography at the Victoria & Albert Museum

2022: Federica Chiocchetti, Director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts Le Locle (MBAL)

2021: Nathalie Hershdorfer, Director of the Musée de l’Elysée

2019: Karolina Ziebinska-Lewandowska, Curator at the Centre Pompidou

2018: Fannie Escoulen, Head of the Photography Department at the French Ministry of Culture

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