G. Ray Hawkins, who opened the first public gallery in Los Angeles devoted to photography in 1975, died last December 11. He was 80 years old.
Hawkins’s gallery introduced numerous well-…
Read MoreÉdouard Boubat was born in Paris on September 13, 1923. In 1938, Boubat attended the École Estienne, where he studied to become a photo engraver, but in 1943, he…
Read MoreBesides 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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