Paris Photo Los Angeles

Paris Photo Los Angeles, 2015 official poster; Skyline Vista, 2014 © Matthew Porter, courtesy Matthew Porter and M+B Gallery
Paris Photo Los Angeles, 2015 official poster; Skyline Vista, 2014 © Matthew Porter, courtesy Matthew Porter and M+B Gallery

Paris Photo Los Angeles returns to Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood from May 1 to 3. In its third edition this year, Paris Photo LA includes 70 galleries with works by 265 artists. Exhibitors come from 17 countries and also include 9 publishers and specialized art book dealers.

Paris Photo was created in 1996 and is held annually at the Grand Palais in Paris. The original version is the premiere international art fair of photography and is twice as large as in LA, with 143 galleries in 2014. The Los Angeles edition launched in 2013 with a broadened focus to include moving images.  The fair in Paris had nearly 60,000 visitors in 2014, and Los Angeles had about 16,000.

Paris Photo Los Angeles, 2015; view of the Paramount Pictures Studios backlot and blue sky tank, with the Paris Photo logo
Paris Photo Los Angeles, 2015; view of the Paramount Pictures Studios backlot and blue sky tank, with the Paris Photo logo

The Paris fair is hosted under the glass roof of the Grand Palais, and the Los Angeles edition takes place on the backlot of Hollywood’s iconic Paramount Pictures Studios. Galleries set up inside soundstages and the studio’s movie set replicas of New York City. It’s Paris Photo, in (simulated) New York, in Los Angeles, and it’s a fantastic visitor experience.

Claudio Edinger, photograph from the series De Bom Jesus a Milagres - Sertão da Bahia, 2005 - 2012; image via Galeria Lume
Claudio Edinger, photograph from the series De Bom Jesus a Milagres – Sertão da Bahia, 2005 – 2012; image via Galeria Lume

Galeria Lume (São Paulo) will present Ladies Rooms Around the World by Maxi Cohen as one of 38 solo shows at the fair. The gallery also represents Betina Samaia, Kilian Glasner, and Claudio Edinger.

Barry Underwood, Horseshoe Lake, 2013; archival pigment print, 50 x 40 inches; image courtesy of the artist and Sous Les Etoiles Gallery
Barry Underwood, Horseshoe Lake, 2013; archival pigment print, 50 x 40 inches; image courtesy of the artist and Sous Les Etoiles Gallery

Sous Les Etoiles Gallery (New York) will show a selection of large-format works by Richard Caldicott, Jin-Ya Huang, Wolfram Ruoff, Barry Underwood, and David Zimmerman.

We also look forward to works by Andreas Gursky as Librarie 213 (Paris), Edward Burtynsky at Von Lintel Gallery (Los Angeles), and Diane Arbus at Aperture (New York).

View a complete list of exhibitors: Paris Photo Los Angeles

May 8, 2015, update:  codylee.co/paris-photo-los-angeles-recap/