Six Photography Exhibitions to See in Paris This October: From Nadar to Irving Penn

Key facts

• "Penn & Fashion" at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie runs until January 17, showing 160 Vogue covers by Irving Penn (1917-2009) and his work with Issey Miyake.
• "Remember me. Chefs-d’œuvre de la photographie de la Collection Pinault" at the Bourse de Commerce until January 18 features 700 prints from François Pinault's 8,000-work collection, curated by Matthieu Humery.
• The BnF François-Mitterrand exhibition "Photographies japonaises de la Bibliothèque nationale de France. Scènes, signes, sensations" runs until January 31 with 250 prints and fifty books.
• "Nadar, inventer Paris des profondeurs au ciel" at the Catacombes de Paris until January 31, 2027, displays Nadar's 1862 images, recently acquired by the City of Paris; original prints remain in storage.
• "Rafael Pavarotti, Photographe" at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs until May 2, 2027, presents 200 prints by the Brazilian photographer born in 1993 in Pará.
• "Susan Meiselas, Nicaragua, histoire, mémoire" at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson runs from October 21 to March 7, with about 100 prints, press clippings, and film extracts.
• Irving Penn was recruited to Vogue in 1943 by art director Alexander Liberman and produced 160 covers over sixty years.
• The Catacombes de Paris reopened to visitors in April and is inaugurating its exhibition room with the Nadar show.