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Today’s special edition is dedicated to Deborah Turbeville and The MUUS Collection. An exhibition of rarely seen Polaroids is presented at The Photography Show presented by AIPAD. Interviews with Richard Grosbard, the Director of the Collection and Amanda Smith, its Director of Archives are two the articles you will find today, along with others, all focused on how the Collection shares the body of work of Turbeville with the world.…

For the second year as Cultural Partner at The Photography Show presented by AIPAD, MUUS Collection presents Deborah Turbeville Polaroids: Scratching the Surface. Curated by Joel Smith, Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography at the Morgan Library & Museum, the exhibition is dedicated to the rarely-seen Polaroid work by the imagemaker, fusing fashion imagery, collage, and cinematic narratives. The delicate prints offer new insight into Turbeville’s artistic process: “I used…

The Eye of Photography met with Richard Grosbard, director of the Deborah Turbeville Archive at MUUS Collection. He tells us about the acquisition of her estate, her work trajectory and her current exhibitions.   How did the acquisition of Deborah Turbeville's estate come about? In January 2020, Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, the founder and owner of the MUUS Collection, appointed me as his advisor, with responsibilities that included acquiring additional archives to…

In this interview with The Eye of Photography, Amanda Smith tells us about her role as Director of Archives at MUUS Collection as well as the handling of Deborah Turbeville’s archives and what we can learn from them.   Could you tell us about your background as well as your role as director of archives at MUUS Collection? I have a bachelor’s degree in art history and American studies from Rutgers University…

Art historian Maeva Dubrez has published a well-documented essay on Deborah Turbeville's work, the fruit of extensive research, with ACTEDITIONS. Here is an extract of her essay: This essay solves the enigma of Deborah Turbeville's work by going over her photographic prints with a fine tooth-comb and exposing the infinite layers that lie beneath. She is more than a photographer : her work continually breaks down the blurred boundaries between…

As part of Women's History Month and to celebrate the release of the monograph "Deborah Turbeville: Photocollage," The National Arts Club of New York hosted the symposium "Deborah Turbeville and the Female Gaze," focusing on women's perspectives and portrayal in photography. First defined by Laura Mulvey in 1975 in her article "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema," the concept of the female gaze emerged as a rebellion against the male gaze.…

Photo Elysée recently paid tribute to Deborah Turbeville, an American photographer recognised in the 1970s for her fashion photographs. But Turbeville is much more than that; it is a work on photography and its materiality. In collaboration with the MUUS collection, Photo Elysée allows us to discover a true female artist. It's challenging to classify Deborah Turbeville's (1932-2013) work because her oeuvre is rich in research and diverse use of…

His name: Bertrand Cardon. He is a photographer. Locked in his home for the past few weeks, he opened his archives. And there found wonderful images of a great lady of fashion photography: Deborah Turbeville with whom, for 35 years he shared a great friendship! He tells us : It was a day in May, in 1981, already a historical period, that Rénate Gallois-Monbrun called to ask me if I…

The Photography Show presented by AIPAD comes home to the Park Avenue Armory. Today’s edition is dedicated to the New York fair and the pleasure is for us to once again stroll the aisles of this gigantic room under its vertiginous vaulted ceiling. Lydia Melamed Johnson, the Executive Director of The Photography Show, answered our Questionnaire and you can see with this editorial the behind the scenes of the Show…

Lydia Melamed Johnson: Passionate. Lydia Melamed Johnson is a woman who radiates optimism. Executive Director of the Photography Show presented by AIPAD, she is a true photography enthusiast. For her, the art form's finest hours are yet to come, a deep conviction that guides her in her day-to-day work. Drawing heavily on contemporary photographic talent, she embraces a bold vision while maintaining a global perspective on the challenges ahead. Her…

Most observers will put the birth of the modern photography market around the end of the 1960s, when a few galleries opened on either side of the Atlantic. In 1971, Sotheby’s, London, started its program of regular photography auctions, soon to be followed by Christie’s. Since then, the photography market has grown to proportions that the pioneers could hardly have dreamt of, not least in the proliferation of photography fairs…

Martijn van Pieterson is the President of AIPAD, Marie Pelletier interviewed him. You are the first non-North American gallerist to lead AIPAD. What is your history with the organization, and what motivated you to take on the role of President? – It is an honor and a privilege to be AIPAD's president. Even before we opened a gallery, my wife, Annemarie, and I visited The Photography Show, and we were…

Vince Aletti, collector, author, curator and winner of this year’s AIPAD Award, lives in a seven-room apartment in New York’s East Village. It’s filled to the brim with his enormous collection, or as he describes it, “a collection of collections”, of magazines, photographs, books, vinyl records, and all manner of ephemera. Still, there’s always room for more. How would you describe yourself as a collector? – As someone who looks…

In September last year, the J. Paul Getty Museum announced the acquisition of a collection of 209 photographs by the French photographer Eugène Atget. It had been built over 25 years by Dan and Mary Solomon, by carefully adding one masterpiece after another. The couple prefers to keep a low profile in the photography world but are incredibly active as collectors, curators, publishers, and most significantly as generous donors to…

AIPAD presents the 2nd edition of the Monumental exhibition. This special project show- cases large-scale photographic works throughout the public areas of The Park Avenue Armory, providing a unique opportunity for galleries and their artists to display new, challenging and impactful pieces not generally shown at fairs, creating a captivating visual spectacle for visitors.   This article originally appeared in the AIPAD Catalogue sponsored by MUUS Collection. The Photography Show…