Paris Photo is the most prestigious contemporary photography fair in the world. Dealers from around the world travel to Paris every fall to set up a booth in the Grand Palais, where the fair is held. Having just been to FIAC a few weeks earlier, I felt good about knowing my way around the Grand Palais. It was my first visit to this particular fair however, and I must say it’s quite beautiful! While photography sells for considerably less than contemporary art, there’s definitely no loss of magic here. In fact, I enjoy that most of these photographs are attainable, meaning there are real people and places behind them…
Here are some of my favorite picks from this year’s fair:
![Paris Photo Fair Entrance Grand Palais](https://culturetravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Paris-Photo-Fair-Entrance-Grand-Palais_IMG_3747.jpg)
![Paris Photo Tickets](https://culturetravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Paris-Photo-Fair-Tickets_IMG_3748.jpg)
Laurence Miller Gallery
![Simone Rosenbauer Like Ice in the Sunshine](https://culturetravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Simone-Rosenbauer_Like-Ice-in-the-Sunshine_Paris-Photo-Fair_IMG_0472.jpg)
![Simone Rosenbauer, Like Ice in the Sunshine, 2015](https://culturetravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Simone-Rosenbauer_Like-Ice-in-the-Sunshine_Paris-Photo-Fair_IMG_0478.jpg)
Galerie m Bochum
![Lucinda Devlin, Lake Huron](https://culturetravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Lucinda-Devlin_Lake-Huron_Paris-Photo-Fair_IMG_0479.jpg)
Grafika la Estampa
![Leo Matiz 1945](https://culturetravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Leo-Matiz-1945_Paris-Photo-Fair_IMG_0483.jpg)
East Wing Gallery
![Christto & Andrew at East Wing](https://culturetravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Christto-Andrew-at-East-Wing_Paris-Photo-Fair_IMG_0498.jpg)
![Sarker Protick at East Wing](https://culturetravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Sarker-Protick-at-East-Wing_Paris-Photo-Fair_IMG_0500.jpg)
XIPPAS Gallery
This piece is huge! I asked the gallerist if the work had already been sold, and she said, “Oh yes, many times!”
![Vik Muniz, Eiffel Tower Postcards from Nowhere](https://culturetravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Vik-Muniz_Eiffel-Tower-Postcards-from-Nowhere_Paris-Photo-Fair_IMG_2422.jpg)
![Vik Muniz Eiffel Tower Postcards from Nowhere](https://culturetravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Vik-Muniz_Eiffel-Tower-Postcards-from-Nowhere_Paris-Photo-Fair_IMG_3750.jpg)
Galerie Esther Woerdehoff
![Jacques Pugin, #001 Glaciers, 2015](https://culturetravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Jacques-Pugin_001-Glaciers_Paris-Photo-Fair_IMG_0505.jpg)
Benrubi Gallery
![Massimo Vitali, Tropea Stones #4876 Italy](https://culturetravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Massimo-Vitali_Tropea-Stones-4876-Italy_Paris-Photo-Fair_IMG_0512.jpg)
Taka Ishii
![Taka Ishii Booth](https://culturetravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Taka-Ishii-Booth_Paris-Photo-Fair_IMG_0517.jpg)
Christophe Guye Gallery
![Nick Knight, Lily, 2008](https://culturetravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Nick-Knight_Lily-2008_Paris-Photo-Fair_IMG_0522.jpg)
![Nick Knight, Sander, 1997](https://culturetravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Nick-Knight_Sander-1997_Paris-Photo-Fair_IMG_0520-e1473466285418.jpg)
Howard Greenberg Gallery
![Richard Avedon, Marilyn Monroe](https://culturetravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Richard-Avedon_Marilyn-Monroe_Paris-Photo-Fair_IMG_2423.jpg)
Ben Brown Fine Arts
![Candida Hofer, Catherine Palace Pushkin St Petersburg](https://culturetravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Candida-Hofer_Catherine-Palace-Pushkin-St-Petersburg_Paris-Photo-Fair_IMG_2411.jpg)
Hamilton Gallery
![Hamilton's Booth](https://culturetravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Hamiltons-Booth_Paris-Photo-Fair_IMG_0464.jpg)
Check the Paris Photo website for next year’s dates!