The photo gallery and its history

THE STORY OF A. GALLERY, FROM NEW YORK TO PARIS

New York 1996 – Arnaud Adida and the revelation of photography

It has been 11 years since Arnaud Adida has been evolv­ing in the world of pho­tog­ra­phy, col­lab­o­rat­ing with press agen­cies such as Gamma and Corbis, as well as with emblem­atic mag­a­zines such as VSD or Voici. Based for six years in the United States, he dis­cov­ered in 1996, at Outline in New York, a rad­i­cally dif­fer­ent approach to pho­tog­ra­phy. There, pho­tog­ra­phers are con­sid­ered true artists, at the cross­roads of sev­eral uni­verses: pub­lish­ing, adver­tis­ing, exhi­bi­tions and art gal­leries. In con­tact with major fig­ures such as David LaChapelle or Mark Seliger, Arnaud Adida becomes aware of the artis­tic poten­tial of pho­tog­ra­phy. “These artists had cre­ated their own ecosys­tems, dis­play­ing their art in adver­tis­ing, book­stores, pri­vate places and art gal­leries,” he says. This vision marks a deci­sive turn­ing point. In April 2000, he decided to cre­ate A. Gallery, includ­ing a first trib­ute to Mark Seliger.

Paris 2023 — an international and daring photo gallery

More than 20 years after its cre­ation, A. Galerie, a pho­tog­ra­phy gallery in Paris, con­tin­ues to defend a demand­ing and pas­sion­ate vision of the image. Since its incep­tion, the gallery has been able to antic­i­pate mar­ket devel­op­ments, in par­tic­u­lar by becom­ing a pre­cur­sor in 2010 in the exhi­bi­tion of pho­tographs called “People”. She then high­lights major artists such as Albert Watson, Patrick Demarchelier, Rankin or Steve Schapiro. Over the years, A. Gallery expands its artis­tic field by exhibit­ing inter­na­tional pho­tog­ra­phers from var­i­ous universes:

• wildlife pho­tog­ra­phy with David Yarrow or Nick Brandt
• land­scape with Beth Moon
• con­cep­tual pho­tog­ra­phy with Bruno Aveillan

This diver­sity allows the Parisian photo gallery to reach an inter­na­tional clien­tele and to estab­lish itself as a rec­og­nized player in the con­tem­po­rary pho­tog­ra­phy mar­ket. Between suc­cess and risk-​taking, A. Gallery main­tains a strong guide­line: to make artists dis­cover and trans­mit a unique emo­tion related to photography.

A PHOTO GALLERY IN PARIS CARRIED BY PASSION

Today, A. Galerie remains true to its DNA: a pho­tog­ra­phy gallery in Paris where the pas­sion for the image guides every exhi­bi­tion. Whether you are a col­lec­tor, art lover or just curi­ous, the gallery offers a unique expe­ri­ence, dri­ven by the desire to share, exchange and dis­cover. As Arnaud Adida sum­ma­rizes: “The sen­su­al­ity given off by pho­tog­ra­phy… still gives me an intense emo­tion today. ”