After 20 years of parisian photography month, the festival now becomes european. With for this year 3 cities: Paris Berlin and Vienna.

The theme of the 2004 Month of Photography is

Histoire, histoires, du document à la fiction (HiStories - from documentary to fiction)

"Internationalization is a key feature of this edition, and reflects a new phase in its development. The MEP is producing events jointly with the Metropolitan Museum of New York, the Musée d'Orsay with the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, the Fondation Cartier-Bresson with the Musée de l'Élysée in Lausanne, not to mention the participation of galleries in Alinari, Charleroi, and Keshkemet (Hungary). But what stands out most clearly is the way the festival has reached out to the rest of Europe, with the inauguration of the first ever European Month of Photography in partnership with the cities of Berlin and Vienna. Over 60 exhibitions in Berlin and as many again in Vienna will take place in parallel all through the month of November. The first major event of its kind, it has been made possible by an inventive cultural policy coordinated by three municipalities in which photography plays a key role. Supported by the European Commission's Culture 2000 programme and soon to be extended to Bratislava, Rome and Moscow, the European Month of Photography will be the crowning achievement of those who believe in a European cultural identity and in the possibility of building a network of exchanges and innovative opportunities for collaboration in the domain of photography."

"The "Month" draws its inspiration from the collective values and references that provide the foundations of today's Europe: a place of civilization and shared destiny. Among the seventy or so exhibitions presented in Paris, several speak of this shared European heritage, a common identity underscored by a genuine sense of intellectual and artistic freedom. From 2006, the three capitals will invite Rome, Bratislava, Moscow and perhaps others to join them. Beyond the new links that will be forged between the many cultural institutions involved, photography will thus contribute to the free circulation of ideas, artworks and artists that lies at the heart of a cultural and fraternal Europe."

more information in http://www.2004.photographie.com/