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French Photo Gallerist and Expert Alain Paviot Passes Away after Long Illness

French gallerist and photo expert (and my dear friend) Alain Paviot passed away on Tuesday, September 29th after several years of illness and months of hospitalization. He was considered one…

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Chicago New Bauhaus School Alumni

The New Bauhaus, founded in 1937 in Chicago, was the immediate successor to the German Bauhaus dissolved in 1933 under National Socialist pressure. Bauhaus ideology had a strong…

Collecting Resources

Basic Core Photography Collecting Books and Other Media by Category

The following group of classic books and resources is what I consider the basic necessities for a photography collector’s library. There are many other fine examples, but this is…

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