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Fellow AIPAD dealer Stephen Daiter has been a long-time friend back to the days when he had a photo bookstore in Chicago instead of the now important photo gallery under…

Featured Exhibit

Images of War: Photographs of Conflict

By Alex Novak

Photography has been used to document wars since the American-Mexican War of 1846-48, when daguerreotypes were used.

Of course, it was the Crimean War of the 1850s that was…

Collecting Resources

Cindy Sherman's Film Stills: An Evaluation Nearly 30 Years Later

"She's good enough to be a real actress."

--Andy Warhol, n.d.

"Cindy Sherman's Film Stills are the best of my generation."

--Richard Prince, May 5, 2007 email

Almost 30 years after its completion, Cindy…

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