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And a Last Note

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

In Praise of Pictorialism: Early Pictorial Photography

By Alex Novak

The ideas of Oscar Rejlander, Henry Peach Robinson, and Peter Henry Emerson--while seemingly varied--all pursued the same goal: to gain acceptance for photography as a legitimate art form.…

Collecting Resources

The Insider's Guide to Selling 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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