Last year, the Italian collector Ettore Molinario and his wife Rossella Colombari opened the much-anticipated Casa Museo Molinario Colombari in Milan. It is a live-in museum, showcasing an impressive collection…
Read MoreThomas Shillea received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
During his graduate studies at RIT from 1977-1980, he had an opportunity to learn…
Read MoreMost people will never face a disaster that will reduce their 40-foot home to two feet of ashes. Nor will they ever face the loss of a major collection of…
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