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Book Review: Documenting Fashion by Rebecca Arnold

I'm no doubt paraphrasing, but Jean Cocteau once stated, "One must forgive fashion its sins and trespasses for it dies so very young." Fashion, and by extension, fashion photography has…

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Henri Le Secq: Documenting Old France

Henri Jean-Louis Le Secq (August 18, 1818--December 26, 1882) was a French painter and photographer. Le Secq was born in 1818 in Paris and was a son of a…

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On Connoisseurship and Photography Print Values: A Discussion

This article is devoted to a very important subject: connoisseurship and the print. This should be a topic of primary concern for any collector, institution or dealer. What…

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