For its third edition, the Digital Sector at Paris Photo, curated by Nina Roehrs, marked a decisive moment for photography’s evolution into the digital age and 100 collectors was there to experience it in full.

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Over the course of the week, we organized several full guided tours of the fair in English and French. These visits allowed our community of collectors to explore the Digital Sector through both a curatorial and collector lens, understanding how photography today extends far beyond the camera through algorithms, blockchains, datasets, and speculative forms of memory. One of the visit was specifically for ICART master students, showing a particular interest to technologies like AI and blockchain.

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We led many collectors via the Digital Sector on 1-1 art advisory private tours, catering directly to their specific interests and requests, leading to over 10 successful transactions.

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For our collectors who could not attend in person, we conducted a series of interviews with artists and galleries featured in the sector, bringing their voices and ideas directly to our global audience. Conversations unfolded with artists such as Kevin Abosch (TAEX), Luke Shannon (Heft Gallery), Niceaunties and Genesis Kai (Artverse), Anna Ridler (Nagel Draxler), Jan Robert Leegte (Office Impart), Solienne (Automata Gallery), the director of Galerie Anita Beckers, and the founder of Nguyen Wahed Gallery who presented Yatreda.

Each presentation revealed a different way of thinking through the photographic image:
from AI’s synthetic gaze in Anna Ridler’s Synthetic Iris Dataset to Yatreda’s ancestral motion portraits that breathe life into Ethiopian history. From Julieta Tarraubella’s cyborg gardens that blend surveillance and beauty, to Jan Robert Leegte’s blockchain dérives that let code drift through the world. From Niceaunties’ affectionate AI mirror and Emi Kusano’s reprogrammed “Office Ladies”, to Kevin Abosch’s ethical investigations into material and computation.

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Another highlight of the week was our exclusive studio visit with the legendary French artist ORLAN, offering collectors a rare opportunity to meet one of the most pioneering figures in the history of body and media art. The visit created an intimate encounter with the artist’s studio, where ORLAN shared stories of her iconic projects and her ongoing dialogue with technology and identity.

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This Paris Photo edition confirmed once again that digital art is not a parallel category but an integral part of contemporary photography’s evolution. Through our tours, meetings, and exchanges, 100 collectors continues to connect collectors with the artists and ideas shaping the future of visual culture.

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