THE BEST IN WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY COMES TO SHANGHAI THIS 5 TO 7 SEPTEMBER 2014

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THE BEST IN WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY COMES TO PHOTO SHANGHAI Photo Shanghai announces over 40 international galleries attending Asia’s first global photography fair from 5-7 September 2014 www.photoshanghai.org Inaugural edition of China’s first art fair dedicated to photography Shanghai’s most international art fair of the year Public and VIP programmes announced Exhibition of Contemporary Photography in China Shanghai hosts world leaders in photography Maserati is the leading partner for Photo Shanghai. Final list of world leading galleries exhibiting at Photo Shanghai confirmed, including:  CAMERA WORK, (Berlin); Fahey / Klein Gallery (Los Angeles); ShanghART (Shanghai); Pekin Fine Arts (Beijing); Flowers (London); A. Galerie (Paris) Advisory board members include – Christopher Phillips, Curator, International Centre for Photography, New York; Wang Huangsheng, Director, CAFA, Beijing, Rong Rong, Photographer and Founder & Director, ThreeShadows +3 Gallery, Beijing; Wang Zhonglei, President, Huayi Brothers Media Corporation and Lisa Botos, Curator and Art Consultant, Singapore Photographers Roger Ballen, Birdhead and Martin Parr will be  giving talks at the Fair Fair Director - Alexander Montague-Sparey The World Photography Organisation and Montgomery announced earlier this year the inaugural edition of Photo Shanghai - the first international art fair dedicated to photography in China.   The Fair will run from 5-7 September at the landmark Shanghai Exhibition Centre, and aims to establish the most professional and international platform for fine art photography in the Asia-Pacific region. The Fair is Shanghai’s foremost international art fair taking place this year - and is of particular relevance with the current growing interest in photography and the art fair boom taking place in China.  Some of the world’s most renowned galleries will be exhibiting their photographers’ work, contributing to what will be both a glamorous and significant event. Examples of photographers whose work will be exhibited at the Fair include: Araki, Nick Brandt, René Burri, Edward Burtynsky, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Patrick Demarchelier, Yang Fudong, André Kertész, Peter Lindbergh, Vivian Maier, Steve McCurry, Daido Moriyama, Martin Parr, Robert Polidori, Sebastião Salgado, Josef Sudek and Edward Weston. Fair Director Alexander Montague-Sparey, (previously Head of Photographs at Christie’s London), who has worked with some of the biggest collectors, dealers and artists in the field and created many notable new auction markets for contemporary photographs, comments: “We are delighted to welcome photographers Roger Ballen, Birdhead and Martin Parr to the city of Shanghai on the occasion of the Fair. Our talks, education, exhibitions and VIP programme will provide our audience with everything they need to explore, from the more emerging - to most established collectable fine art photography available on the market today.  "I would like to take this opportunity to thank the galleries who are participating, for their dedication to the field of photography and for allowing us to showcase the medium at the highest level. It has been an honour working with them to produce this curated and elegant Fair. It is with much excitement that we unveil the first edition of Photo Shanghai to an international audience of collectors, experts and enthusiasts on September 5th 2014”. The curated talks and events programme will run alongside the fair for its duration.  These talks will be led by world renowned experts in their field and will include curators, experts, collectors, dealers and international photographers.  Highlights include: COMMISSIONING THE WORLDS’ HOTTEST PHOTOGRAPHERS: The Wall Street Journal’s photography director Jennifer Pastore, in conversation with Alexander Montague-Sparey AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CHINESE PHOTO BOOK:  Ruben Lundgren and Martin Parr - the show's curators - introduce the project to a Chinese audience for the first time CHRISTOPHER PHILLIPS: New York’s International Centre of Photography’s curator, explores the theme of Chinese Contemporary Photography. In conversation with artist and Three Shadows Founder & Director, RongRong IN CONVERSATION WITH OCAT MUSEUM SHANGHAI’S, MARIAGRAZIA COSTANTINO: In conversation with celebrated South African photographer Roger Ballen   The comprehensive Photo Shanghai VIP programme also includes a Private Collectors Summit and Forum at which 30 leading photography collectors and experts from around the world, will explore the current opportunities of the international photography market, ensuring Shanghai welcomes and hosts some of the most influential photography collectors in the world. Photo Shanghai is delighted to host the first Beijing Photo Biennale’s exhibition: “Contemporary Photography in China, 2009 – 2014”, curated by Wang Huangsheng, its artistic director, Director of CAFA and the foremost curator of photography in China. Huangsheng, comments: “Photo Shanghai, as an event of the highest calibre, will definitely bring enormous changes to the development of photography art in China in many aspects, including academic research, professionalization, standardization, market development as well as public awareness”. Yet another welcome addition to the Fair will be Li Ningchun, Director of N-Minutes Festival, who has created especially for the inaugural fair, a cutting edge programme, establishing the connection between video art and photography, with a focus on Asia Pacific and Western artists. Leading partner -Maserati – have also created the Neptune Photography Contest, to support up and coming photography artists with the winning images displayed at the Fair. Other leading partners include: Sony, The Wall Street Journal - the principal international media partner of Photo Shanghai - with Modern Media acting as the Chinese media partner. A full list of partners can be viewed at www.photoshanghai.org. The confirmed list of attending galleries is as follows: A Thousand Plateaus Art Space, Chengdu A. Galerie, Paris AIKE-DELLARCO, Shanghai amanasalto, Tokyo AO Vertical Art Space, Hong Kong ATLAS Gallery, London Ayyam Gallery, Dubai BREESELITTLE , London C.A.M. GALLERY, Istanbul C14 Gallery, Shanghai CAMERA WORK, Berlin Chambers Fine Art    , Beijing Chandelier, London Contemporary Art Projects, Florida Czech Center of Photography, Prague Fahey / Klein Gallery, Los Angeles Flowers, London Galerie & Edition Stephan Witschi , Zurich Galerie Dumonteil     - Shanghai, Paris, New York Galerie Photo12, Paris ifa Gallery, Shanghai In The Gallery, Copenhagen Inter Gallery, Beijing kunst.licht Photo Art Gallery, Shanghai M97 Gallery, Shanghai Magnum Photos         MD Gallery, Shanghai OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai Pékin Fine Arts, Beijing Peter Fetterman Gallery - Santa Monica, CA Riflemaker, London see+ Gallery, Beijing ShanghART, Shanghai SIPACHINA     , Beijing Tasveer, Bangalore ThreeShadows +3 Gallery, Beijing Time Space Gallery, Beijing Timeless Gallery, Beijing Tristan Hoare Gallery, London Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai As Jeffrey Boloten, Co-Founder & Managing Director of ArtInsight Ltd comments: “With the intense infrastructure developments continuing apace; a major governmental cultural industry focus and museum building drive, Christie's and Sotheby’s as new entrants to the auction market, and the Basel Art Fair now a formidable presence in Hong Kong, the Chinese art market is absolutely heading in a positive direction for the future.” Sandy Angus, co-founder of ART HK (now Art Basel Hong Kong) and Chairman of Montgomery and the World Photography Organisation comments: “The vast Asian art market has seen considerable growth over the past decade and in that time photography has been an ever-increasing part within the contemporary art space. China has the advantage of a treasure trove of ancient photographs as well as an appreciation of the medium of photography and its place in the art world. Photo Shanghai has the opportunity to draw on this interest amongst both Chinese and Asia-Pacific collectors.” Photo Shanghai is supported and advised by a board of international industry professionals including: Wang Huangsheng, Director, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing; Christopher Phillips, Curator, ICP, New York; Francis Hodgson, Financial Times Photo Critic and co-founder of the Prix Pictet, London; Lise Li, Founder and Owner, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai; Jeffrey Boloten, Co-Founder & Managing Director of ArtInsight Ltd, UK; Bill Hunt, Photography Consultant & Collector, New York; Zelda Cheatle, Portfolio Manager & Curator, London; RongRong, Photographer, Founder & Director, ThreeShadows +3 Gallery, Beijing; Wang Zhonglei, President, Huayi Brothers Media Corporation, Shanghai; Lisa Botos, Curator and Art Consultant. Photo Shanghai takes place at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre from 5-7 September with a Press and VIP Preview on 4 September.  Further details can be found at www.photoshanghai.org·         About Alexander Montague-Sparey, Fair Director Alexander Montague-Sparey is a photography curator, expert and advisor. As the youngest Director in the history of Christie’s, his tenure saw the London Photographs department reach lead status under his direction in May 2013. In his time with the company he worked with the biggest dealers and collectors in the field and achieved several world auction records.  In September 2013, he curated the exhibition ‘Kate Moss: From the Collection of Gert Elfering’, to great acclaim.  Alexander is a judge for the Prix Pictet Awards for Photography and a guest lecturer at the Courtauld Institute. A native French speaker born in Geneva, he holds a Master’s in the History of Art from the University of Oxford. About World Photography Organisation WPO supports professional, amateur and student photography, lending a global platform for the photographic industry to communicate, converge and showcase current trends in Photojournalism, Fine Art and Commercial photography. Delivering various initiatives and programmes across this global community, these programmes involve the photographer in commercial, cultural and educational activities within the many industry sectors, whilst also creating cultural activities for the public to participate in. Currently included within the WPO portfolio are: Photo Shanghai; the Sony World Photography Awards; the World Photography Student Focus Competition and Youth on Assignment.    About Montgomery Montgomery is at the forefront of trade and consumer shows in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, was the co-founder of ART HK, now Art Basel Hong Kong, and manages other fairs including Art14 (London), ArtInternational (Istanbul) and India Art Fair (Delhi). Highlights from the Gallery Collections (Gallery/Photographer/Artwork) Peter Fetterman, Santa Monica/ Henri Cartier-Bresson/Behind the Gare Saint Lazare Peter Fetterman, Santa Monica/Steve McCurry/the Afghan Girl Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles/ Elliott Erwittt/New York City Camera Work, Berlin/ Peter Lindbergh/the Wild Ones Courtesy Danziger Gallery, New York/the Darkened Cities Magnum/Martin Parr, Flower series Amanasalto, Tokyo/ Daido Moriyama/Point de vue de Gras TORCH Gallery, Amsterdam/Teun Hocks/Untitled   Behind the Gare Saint Lazare Photographer:Henri Cartier-Bresson Gallery: Peter Fetterman, Santa Monica The Afghan Girl, Pakistan Photographer:Steve McCurry Gallery:Peter Fetterman, Santa Monica   New York City Photographer: Elliott Erwittt Gallery: Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles The Wild Ones Photographer:Peter Lindbergh, Gallery:Camera Work, Berlin The Darkened Cities Photographer:Thierry Cohen Gallery: Courtesy Danziger Gallery, New York Flower series Photographer:Martin Parr Photo Agency:Magnum Photos Point de vue de Gras Photographer: Daido Moriyama Gallery:Amanasalto, Tokyo Untitled Photographer:Teun Hocks, France Gallery: TORCH Gallery, Amsterdam