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Artist Dan Marcolina’s "Diffused Reality" Is on Exhibition

Contemporary Works/Vintage Works would like to share a rare opportunity to experience the full creative arc of designer and image-maker Dan Marcolina, whose work has continuously evolved across 45 years…

Featured Exhibit

19th-Century Japanese Photography

By Matt Damsker

Thanks in large measure to the Prussian East Asia Expedition of 1861-62, along with other government-funded journeys to the East, images of Japanese culture were brought to the…

Collecting Resources

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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