Newsletter News

The Interview: Changing of the Guard at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Curator Malcolm Daniel has been a leading light in the world of photography for close to four decades. He spent 23 years at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, before continuing…

Featured Exhibit

Abstract Photography: A Portion of Reality

By Maria DiElsi Connolly

In one sense all photographs are abstractions. A photograph frames a specific portion of reality. The final image is abstracted from the whole. This…

Collecting Resources

The Care and Handling of Fine Art Photographs

Because photographs can easily be damaged, taking precautionary measures is the best defense in protecting their value. This article is designed to help you understand the basic care and…

“I am constantly browsing the I Photo Central website for new ideas, high-quality material, and excellent inventory selections. No experienced collector should be without a 'bookmark' to the website.”

Tom Burnett

Private Collector

I Photo Central provides thousands of web pages for the photography collector, curator and historian. This site includes articles on collecting issues (such as connoisseurship and print values; insurance and risk management; appraisals; buying and selling images; developing a photography collecting library; framing/matting and preserving your collection; conservation, etc.). The largest for-sale fine art photography gallery on the web is databased here and is easily accessed through an extensive on-site search engine.

274 issues of the popular E-Photo Newsletter are also archived here and are also searchable; and there is a major International Photography Calendar of Events section.

An additional Special Exhibits section focuses on specific topics, photography processes (such as autochromes, daguerreotypes, stereo views and oratones), contemporary photography and individual photographers.