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Paris Tabletop Photo Fair Moves back to Pavillon Wagram and Changes Name to 24.39

The Paris tabletop fair, coinciding with Paris Photo, has over the years built a solid reputation among collectors, curators, gallerists and other aficionados of classic photographs. Earlier in the year,…

Featured Exhibit

Bridges and Photography

By Matt Damsker

The symbolism of the bridge as a link between here and there, past and present, love and loss, life and death has been one of art's enduring tropes,…

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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