Italy will reduce value-added tax (VAT) on art and photography sales from 22% to 5%, following approval of the change in a cabinet meeting on June 20th. The amended VAT…
Read MoreBy Matt Damsker
The wonders of the invisible world were ideal fodder for the early days of photography, which made it possible--at last--to document the visual reality of the cosmic and…
Read MoreAn edited version of this interview first appeared in the September-October-November, 2002 issue of Photographie International. My thanks to its publisher, Jean-Luc Pons, for allowing me to reproduce it…
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