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Legendary Art and Photography Collector Sylvio Perlstein Has Died

An important--if not "legendary", as Artnews called him—experimental art and photography collector and patron Sylvio Perlstein, died August 6 in Antwerp, Belgium at the age of 94. Perlstein was passionate…

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19th-Century Still Lifes

By Matt Damsker

In the early days of photography, it was only natural for the medium to adopt the still life as a key mode of expression in its bid to…

Collecting Resources

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…

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