Paris Photo 2009 and 2010, exquisite wines Strobena first auction of 1970, devoted exclusively to photography had a profound influence on the development of this branch of art, providing an opportunity artists present their works to a wider audience and hitting into the consciousness of investors as a source of future profits. Today photographers are sold through auction houses, galleries, or during major art events such as Paris Photo.
Paris Photo are among the most prestigious trade fairs, where you can purchase excellent works and sometimes personally know the authors of photography. In Paris, every year, put up a hundred galleries from over twenty countries around the world, mainly from Western Europe, the United States and Japan. Each edition is devoted to events a given region of the world such as the 2009 theme was the Arab world and Iran. The event lasts several days, attracting over 40 thousand. people.
. The Fair is an opportunity for galleries to show up in the international arena, and profit. In 2009, the galleries were able to sell a large part of its offer (as the terms of one year after the announcement of the financial crisis), for example, Galerie Francoise Paviot - 75% of the work, Vintage Gallery, Budapest and Lumiere des Montreuil Ross of approximately 66% of the work
. Fairs were very successful also in terms of prices achieved. Howard Greenberg Gallery has acquired for the work of Laszlo Moholy Nagy 130 thousand. the euro and for the work of Richard Avedon 55 thousand. euro. The thirteenth edition attracted mainly supporters of such modernist art gallery Francoise Paviot sold an oval portrait of Man Ray made in the mirror for 60 thousand. euro. Reached a record price of Robert Klein Gallery - 265 thousand. euros for a photograph of Irving Penn's "Women in Bournous." During the Paris Photo 2009, less attention was devoted to contemporary photography, the prices obtained were the interval from 2 to 15 thousand. euro. For the success of a sales recognized format color photographs by Hugo Pietra - for every 14 thousand. the euro by Michael Stevesona gallery of South Africa. At the fair in Paris, so far, has never issued a gallery of Poland until the year 2010.
year's Paris Photo in November 18-21, attracted over 40 thousand. People
. Region promoted during the 14th edition of the event was the Central Europe, including Poland. Our artists were featured on the site for three home galleries
Gallery asymmetry, Black Gallery, ZPAF
. In addition, Galerie Francoise Paviot Bogdan Konopka presented the work of the recipient known to the Polish exhibition in Lodz in 2009
. Paris Fair attracts so many galleries, it is believed that every fan of photography is something for everyone - in terms of period, style, technique. For sure this year's event will be made in memory of those hołdującym classics because one of the attractions surrounding Paris Photo 2010 (the month of photography) was undoubtedly the exhibition André Kertésza Jue de Paume
. Featured works are the cross-section of creativity is the most famous unpublished photos.
already is known to date Paris Photo 2011 - the fifteenth edition will take place in November 1917 to 1920, and everyone's attention will be paid to Africa - from Bamako to Cape Town
. The curator of the exhibition will be Simon Njami - author of the African pavilion at Venice Biennale in 2007