In China, one genre seems to prefigure the panoramic photograph: portraits of emperors or high dignitaries, alone or as a couple, then shown again with their descendents. These vertical ‘accumulations’…
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Throughout the modern era, photography has been used to catalogue the world and its people. Photographers and institutions have struggled laboriously to arrange, to order, and to catalogue this infinitude…
In the last decade there has been a major reappraisal of the role and status of the photobook within the history of photography. Revisionist histories of photography as recorded via…
It took awhile in my own collecting to have confidence in my own ‘eye’ to be image driven as opposed to being caught up in the reputation of the artist.…
Greetings from the Colonies Safia Belmenouar and Marc Combier collectionsThe postcard is part of our history, our imagination. It is also, given its extremely wide circulation, a privileged reinforcement of…
My collection of decorative and utilitarian 3-dimensional objects enhanced with photographic images reflects photography’s shifting identity, one that has long encompassed vernacular and fine art expressions, a convergence of high…
Barbara Griffin, previously Senior Vice President of Image Management at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., currently serves as the Board President of Atlanta Celebrates Photography. While deciding on her next career…
Adrian Flowers was a huge name in London’s photography scene back in the 1950s through the early 90’s. His studio in Chelsea’s Tite Street was THE place to be photographed for advertising and…
Rania Matar’s series “A Girl and Her Room,” touching portraits of teenage girls in their rooms, explores the adolescent experience and the role of Western influences in Lebanon and Palestine.…
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