The Photo Review, a critical journal of photography founded in 1976, will celebrate its 48th anniversary with its Annual Benefit Auction on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at 4 p.m. at…
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From photography’s earliest days, portraits of politicians, scientists and the otherwise eminent tended to a formality that ensured a sense of dignity and a fitting seriousness of purpose.…
Read MoreBesides historical and aesthetic considerations, most photography collectors ultimately will face the real economic issue of both buying and selling images.
Few of us merely inherit a collection and then pass…
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