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NY MoMA Hires Makeda Best as Its New Chief Photo Curator
The Museum of Modern Art has appointed Makeda Best as its new chief curator for photography, finally filling a position that had been vacant since the departure of Clément Chéroux…
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Charles Aubry: Master of Botanical Still Lifes
Born in Paris in 1811, Charles Hippolyte Aubry spent over 30 years in the decorative arts area, designing patterns for fabric, carpet and wallpaper manufacturers. In 1864, he started…
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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…
Read More“I Photo Central has been a great resource for me since I first began collecting. Not only have I found interesting images to buy, but I often just browse through it to sharpen my eye and fill in my knowledge of photo history.”
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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.
281 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.
