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Photo London Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary

This year, Candlestar, the promoter of Photo London, marked the 10th anniversary of the fair. It has been a bumpy ride, to say the least. Before Candlestar launched their fair,…

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Maurice Georges Chanu: Paris and the Seine

By Alex Novak

Born in France and active from the 1930s through the 1950s, Maurice George Chanu worked primarily in Paris. In 1948, he put together a photo album to…

Collecting Resources

Photography Price Gyrations: Gustave Le Gray, A Case Study

There has been and probably always will be a strong market for this 19th-century photographer. Besides being an acknowledged master by virtually every art institution, he is one of the…

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