PARIS.- On the course of the decade since it first began, Paris Photo has won recognition as the world's premier fair for still photography. This unique event offers an in-depth and broad view of the medium, with the best of fine art photography from the earliest days to the present time and a forward-looking survey of what's happening in this art form today.

From November 15th to 18th, 2007, the 11th edition will bring together 105 exhibitors (83 galleries and 22 publishers) from 16 countries. Seventy-seven percent of the participants come from outside France. Showcased at the fair will be the work of some 500 international photographers and artists from every continent.

The 2007 selection will be one of the strongest ever with eighty-three international galleries selected among 300 applicants. In addition to the 18 French galleries, the largest contingent of foreign exhibitors comes from Italy (16), followed by the USA (15), Spain (7), Germany (6), the UK (5), Holland and Japan (3 each), Finland (2) and one representative each from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Hungary, Luxemburg, Portugal, and South Africa.

With 31 new arrivals this year, contemporary work gains unprecedented exposure with the first-time participation of major international galleries such as Yvon Lambert (Paris/New-York) or Massimo Minini (Brescia) as well as the return of Kicken (Berlin) and Xippas (Paris/ Athens).

Paris Photo 2007 will also host a record number of 22 international publishers, a further testament of the soaring popularity of photographic books.