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The Paris photography trade fair 24.39 returns for its third edition during Paris Photo week, bringing 60 international exhibitors to the Pavillon Wagram (47 avenue de Wagram, Paris, in the 17th arrondissement) for a day devoted to historical and modern photography. The show is open only on Saturday, November 14th, from 10 am until 4 pm. Admission is free.
Celebrating the bicentenary of the invention of photography in 1826, 24.39 reaffirms its commitment to bringing photographic heritage into a contemporary field of vision, while foregrounding the richness, singularity and materiality of the original photographic print. At its core is a material approach to photography—one that considers the photograph not only as an image, but as an object shaped by its process, history and circulation.
Spanning the 1840s to the end of the 20th century, the fair brings together a broad range of photographic processes, from salted paper and daguerreotypes to albumen prints and gelatin silver prints. Works range from a few dozen euros to tens of thousands, with a substantial selection priced between €200 and €5,000. This breadth of both material and price makes 24.39 a point of entry for established collectors and curators, as well as for enthusiasts and a new generation of photography buyers.
Vintage Works, Ltd. will be showing a number of works from Gustave Le Gray, including a fine group of images from the Chalon military series.
The third edition brings together galleries, dealers, collectors and specialists from France and across Europe—including Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Belgium—as well as the United States, U.K., Argentina and Canada--from over a dozen countries in all. 24.39 thus forms part of an increasingly international photography fair circuit, alongside established events in Amsterdam, Vienna, Antwerp and London. The 2025 edition welcomed well over 1,000 visitors.
This year this tabletop fair has attracted a number of bigger dealer and gallery names to its roster, including my own company, Vintage Works, Ltd., and other major American dealers, like Peter Fetterman and Daniel/Oliver Gallery, along with important European dealers and galleries, like Galerie Johannes Faber, Galerie Bruno Tartarin (who will also exhibit at Paris Photo), Hershkowitz, Ltd., L’Atelier d’Artistes, Les Larmes d’Eros, Lunn Ltd. (also exhibiting at Paris Photo), Serge Kakou, Serge Plantureux (another Paris Photo Exhibitor), Roland Belgrave, and many other excellent photo dealers.
Vintage Works, Ltd. will also be showing a number of images by Eugene Atget at the fair, like this very magical albumen photograph of Nympheas.
Our company Vintage Works, Ltd. will bring many vintage masterworks, including from Gustave Le Gray, Eugene Atget, Frank Sutcliffe, Lee Miller, Roger Fenton, Barbara Morgan, Adrien Tournachon-Nadar and Man Ray, among others. Santa Bannon will have an adjoining table at the fair to show the work and books from our mutual contemporary photographer, Tom Shillea. Look for us in the coffee bar area on the first floor.
Paris-based dealer and show manager Barnabé Moinard specialises in historical and modern photography. In 2022, he founded Barnabé Moinard Photographies, a platform dedicated to the study, expertise, preservation and circulation of historical and modern photographic prints.
The name 24.39 refers to the 15 formative years of the 19th century, from 1824 to 1839, when photographic experiments proliferated and ultimately led to the medium’s official invention.
24.39 is a member of Vintage Photo Fairs Europe, a new non-profit organization for European tabletop fairs that focus on vintage photography. The mission is to promote the activities of the fair members, encourage others to start fairs and to spread knowledge about vintage photography in general.
Fort more information on the show or to reserve a table, contact: Barnabé Moinard at: barnabemoinard@gmail.com, or +33 6 89 91 02 68; https://www.24-39.com, and on Instagram at @2439fair.
Novak has over 49 years experience in the photography-collecting arena. He is a long-time member and formerly board member of the Daguerreian Society, and, when it was still functioning, he was a member of the American Photographic Historical Society (APHS). He organized the 2016 19th-century Photography Show and Conference for the Daguerreian Society in NYC. He is also a long-time member of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers, or AIPAD. Novak has been a member of the board of the nonprofit Photo Review, which publishes both the Photo Review and the Photograph Collector, and is currently on the Photo Review's advisory board. He was a founding member of the Getty Museum Photography Council. He is author of French 19th-Century Master Photographers: Life into Art.
Novak has published numerous photography articles and columns in several newspapers, including the Photograph Collector, Focus magazine and the Daguerreian Society Newsletter. He has been interviewed extensively on the photography art market by the Financial Times, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Philadelphia Inquirer, The Classic magazine, Maine Antique Digest, the Art Newspaper, Art News, Art Business News, Focus magazine, PDN, Black & White magazine, Photographie Internationale, Antiques & the Arts Online, Art Critical and the Photograph Collector newsletter, as well as by many other publications, television programs and websites, both in the USA and in France. He was quoted extensively in the book, "Collectingphotography" by Gerry Badger. He has spoken at numerous photography events and programs.
He writes and publishes the E-Photo Newsletter, the largest circulation newsletter in the field. Novak is also president and owner of Contemporary Works/Vintage Works, a private photography dealer, which sells by appointment and has sold at exhibit shows, such as AIPAD New York and Miami, Art Chicago, Classic Photography LA, Photo LA, Paris Photo, The 19th-century Photography Show, Art Miami, the Daguerreian Society, etc.
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