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Paris Photo Returns to Grand Palais after Three Years of Restoration and Expansion
After three years at Grand Palais Éphémère, the temporary exhibition structure erected on Champ de Mars, Paris Photo, the world's leading art fair for photography, returned to the Grand Palais…
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Robert Doisneau: Seconds Snatched from Eternity
Robert Doisneau is one the most well known French photographers. He focused on people photography, making images of common people as he wandered through the streets of Paris and…
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The Insider's Guide to Buying Photographs
Besides historical and aesthetic considerations, most photography collectors ultimately will face the real economic issue of both buying and selling images.
Few of us merely inherit a collection and then pass…
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