Lotte Jacobi "Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz, New York"This eclectic cross-section of photos—including everything from self-portraits to industrial shots of cameras being inspected in the factory line—takes as its focus on one of our favorite subjects: the medium of Photography itself. Edward Weston is immortalized in two portraits—each made by one of his sons. A French photo club, ca. 1880, poses in an omnibus in their hats and capes. And perhaps the medium’s most ubiquitous maker, “Anonymous,” gets atop a precariously tall ladder, all the better to capture a Victorian-era garden under construction.
Works, ranging from $150 to $6,000, date from the 19th to the 20th Century, and include both wellknown and lesser-known practitioners. Despite the fact that the medium is so much in the public eye, it is rarely considered with an insider’s sensitivity to its makers and materials. Please don’t overlook the ephemera—including a sensitive letter written by Harry Callahan to Todd Webb—that we’ve also included here.
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