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E-Photo Newsletter #227
8/22/2016

E-Photo Newsletter #228
12/15/2016

Paris Photo Comes back Stronger Than Ever Despite American Election Hit; Attendance up at a "More Serious" Fair

Part 1: Paris Photo Week Observations and Dealing with Change

Important Gérard Lévy Photo Collection Goes up for Sale in Paris on Dec. 20th at Drouot

Photo Books: Photography on the Street, and around the World

E-Photo Newsletter #229
12/28/2016

A Busy Schedule of Paris Auctions Adds Further Exhaustion to the Week of Paris Photo

Part 2: New Observations on the Ever-Changing Photography Market (What Keeps Me up at Night)

Big Changes and Expansion in 2017 for AIPAD's 'The Photography Show' Announced

Skinner Auction Set for January 27th in Boston

Eighth Edition of Classic Photographs Los Angeles Scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, January 21-22, 2017

Daguerreian Collector Matthew Isenburg Passes Away

E-Photo Newsletter #230
2/26/2017

The Photography Show Presented by AIPAD Moves to Pier 94 in NYC and Has a Huge Expansion of Its Programs and Number of Exhibitor Booths; Show Scheduled March 30-April 2

Boissinot-Tailliez Auctions 55 Early Doisneau Prints on March 11th

Nearly 200 New Items up Online on I Photo Central

Pre-order Vintage Works' New Limited Edition Book on Early French 19th-century Photography

Contemporary Works Issues a New Catalogue of Artist Lisa Holden's Recent Work

Early NYC Photo Gallerist Marjorie Neikrug Passes Away

E-Photo Newsletter #231
4/24/2017

AIPAD's New York Photography Show 2017 Soars in New Space with Strong Sales and Sights

Important Adolphe Braun Auction Set for Paris on May 17th

Skinner Schedules Spring Prints and Photographs Auction for May 19th

Photography Book Reviews: Thiollier's 19th Century, Dawoud Bey's Community

Over 250 New Items Posted up for Sale on I Photo Central Web Site in Just the Last Few Months

New Special Exhibits Go up on I Photo Central

E-Photo Newsletter #232
6/7/2017

Second Part of Gérard Lévy's Photography Collection Goes up for Sale in Paris in Two Auctions on June 13th and 16th

Photography Gallery Activity

Photographer Marie Cosindas Dies at 93

Former ICP Curator Miles Barth Passes Away

E-Photo Newsletter #233
6/20/2017

Photo London Heads off in a Different Direction for Its Third Edition and Ends on an Upbeat Note

London Auction Silly Season Does Relatively Well

Phillips London Brought in a Sales Total of £2,244,875, Which Topped All Other Auction House Results in London in May

Christie's May 18th London Sales Totalled £1,541,125

Rounding out the May 18th London Auctions, Dreweatt & Bloomsbury Brought in £126,988

The First of Sotheby's Auctions on May 19th, Its General Sale, Takes in £816,000

Sotheby's "The Discerning Eye: Property from the Collection of Eric Franck, Part 1" Totals £319,188

Second Gerard Levy Catalogue Sale in Paris Brings in over 660,000 Euros, Even as Major Nadar Lots Fail to Sell

E-Photo Newsletter #234
9/18/2017

Multiple Hurricanes and Their Effects Set Back Photography and the Arts in Texas, Florida and Elsewhere

Auction News: Big Three Houses Increase Buyer's Premiums Again; Sotheby's Kills off Buyer's Premium for Online-Only Auctions, and Launches New Contemporary/Post War Photography Sale

Be-hold to Exhibit Vintage Photographs by Italian Master Paolo Gioli, Opening on Sept. 23rd in Yonkers, NY

Photo Books: Great Artists Make for Great Photography in Extensive 19th-century French Photo Survey

French Couturier, Art and Culture Maven and Auction Owner Pierre Bergé Passes Away

Photographer Martin Parr Opens His Foundation to the Public in October in Bristol, UK

E-Photo Newsletter #235
10/16/2017

Vintage Works Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary with Special Catalog

Nearly 130 New Photos and Several Special Exhibits Go up on the I Photo Central Website

Art Gallery Ontario Names Julian Cox New Deputy Director

Photographer Pete Turner Passes Away

ICP Plans to Reunite Museum and School at New Lower East Side Location in 2019

Anne Breckenridge Barrett Appointed Director of the Center for Creative Photography

Artist Dawoud Bey Receives 2017 MacArthur Fellowship

Carol Ehlers Appointed Regional Director, VP and Photographs Specialist by Phillips

AIPAD Brings in Béatrice Andrieux, Former Paris Photo Artist Director

Keith De Lellis Gallery Moves to Fuller Building

E-Photo Newsletter #236
10/25/2017

Millon Will Auction off Important 19th and 20th-Century Photography, Including the the Third Full-Plate Daguerreotype Self Portrait by Camille Dolard, on Nov. 7th in Paris

Non-Profit Photo Review's Auction to Celebrate Its 41st Anniversary Features Top Name Photographers from 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries This Saturday, Oct. 28th

Be-hold Holds Photo Auction on November 17th

Swann Auction Brings in $1,476,675 and Sells 72% by Lot

When War Begets Art: A Curator's Tale in the New York Times

A Reminder: Vintage Works Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary with Special Catalog

E-Photo Newsletter #237
12/1/2017

Paris Photo 2017 Sees Strong Sales and New Collectors Entering the Market, Setting New Attendance Records along the Way

More Photography at the Tabletop Photo Paris Vintage Fair

Phillips Will Auction Cartier-Bresson Master Set Collection from Gallerist Peter Fetterman in NYC on December 12th.

Man Ray's Iconic Noire et Blanche Sells for Record-Breaking €2,688,750, the Most to Date for a Classic Photograph

Holiday Sale from Vintage Works and I Photo Central: Save 30% off on over 2,500 Photographs and Photo Books

Classic Photographs Los Angeles Getting New Location, New Dates and Makes Admission Free

Photo Books: Award-Winning "New Realities" from the Rijksmuseum; "For the Love of the Image", A Dealer Catalogue of 110 Key Photographs

E-Photo Newsletter #238
1/12/2018

A Belated Holiday Greeting and a Plea for Balance and Charity

A Look Back and a Look Forward: 2017 and 2018 Photo Market in Perspective, Especially in an Inflationary Market

Skinner's Prints and Photographs Auction Set for Boston on January 26th

Daguerreian Society Launches Two-Day Spring Photography Fair at Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, April 7-8

Leslie Hammons Becomes Partner with Martin Weinstein, and Minneapolis Gallery Is Renamed Weinstein Hammons Gallery

Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation Relocates and Names François Hébel as New Managing Director

Phillips Hires Chris Mahoney as Senior International Photography Specialist

Nearly 200 New Items Go up Online on I Photo Central

Long-Time Daguerreotype Collector and Private Dealer Julian Wolff Passes Away

E-Photo Newsletter #239
2/16/2018

AIPAD Photography Show Returns to Pier 94 the First Week of April

In Praise of History, Context, Richness, Knowledge and Understanding in Photography (and Art)

Dominic Winter’s "Photography: The First 150 Years" Spring Auction Set for March 9th

Simon Baker Appointed Director of Maison Européenne de la Photographie

Photo Books: Hard Life from Eugene Richards, Sun-Kissed 19th-century Riviera and Schatz's Kink

Hymans Donate 125 Works to Yale Center for British Arts

Beetles+Huxley Changes Name to Huxley-Parlour Gallery

E-Photo Newsletter #240
4/17/2018

AIPAD'S 2018 New York Photography Show: Woke, World-spanning Wonder on Pier 94

Participate in an Upcoming Online Survey about the AIPAD New York Photography Show

Victorian Giants: The Birth of Art Photography--Lewis Carroll, Julia Margaret Cameron, Oscar Rejlander and Clementina Hawarden The National Portrait Gallery, London, until May 20th

Millon to Auction Photographer Claude Dityvon's Body of Work on May 15 in Paris

DC Antique Photo, Postcard and Camera Shows Sold and under New Management

Leica Camera Sold for New Auction Record 2,400,000 Euro (USD $2,976,000) at WestLicht Record-Breaking Auction

Harry Ransom Center Acquires Fritz Henle Archive

E-Photo Newsletter #241
5/28/2018

Group of Reportedly Altered Daguerreotypes with Dubious Signatures, etc. Appears on Market and Includes Daguerre, Le Gray, the Bisson Frerer and Th. Jacobi

On Exhibit: Shape of Light--100 years of Photography and Abstract Art at London's Tate Modern: Now-October 14, 2018

Forum Auctions Launches Its First Photo and Photobook Auction in London on Friday, June 1st.

Bonhams Auction House May Be up for Sale Again

James Ganz to Join the Getty as Senior Curator of Photographs

Photo Books: From Paper Promises to Tintypes to a Land of Epic Battles

E-Photo Newsletter #242
6/17/2018

The Fourth Edition of Photo London: Good Education Programs, Sprawling, Confusing Fair Layout and Mixed Exhibitor Results

Special Edition of the London Photograph Fair Is an Interesting Side Trip during the Week of Photo London

Be-hold June 27th Auction Features Rare Vintage Capa Image of His "Fallen Soldier"

Summer Photography Sale: 30% off Selected Images and Free Ground Shipping

Moholy-Nagy Photogram Sets New German Photo Auction Record at 488,000 Euros

War Photojournalist David Douglas Duncan Dies in France at 102 Years Old

Magazine and Book Photographer and Writer Art Shay Dies of Heart Failure at 96

E-Photo Newsletter #243
9/4/2018

New V&A Photography Centre to Open First Phase in London amidst Controversy

Paris Photo and Other Paris Art Fairs to Relocate to Temporary Structure in Champ de Mars Gardens for 2021-22

Photo Book: Seeing Deeply with Dawoud Bey

Skinner Photo Auction Scheduled for Boston on Sept. 21st

Summer Photography Sale: 30% off Selected Images and Free Ground Shipping Ends on Sept. 30th

Photo Review's Annual Garden Party This Saturday in Bucks County, PA

Photo Gallery News

E-Photo Newsletter #244
9/25/2018

Leif Preus, a Photography Collector You Might Never Have Heard of

Bonhams Auction House Sold to Private Equity Firm

Fraenkel Gallery to Collaborate with David Zwirmer on Diane Arbus Estate

Western Photographers Bound and Biographied

E-Photo Newsletter #245
10/21/2018

Galleries and Private Photography Dealers Are Battling New Epic Challenges

Upcoming Photography Fairs Put Spotlight on Paris in November

Special Program at Bry-sur-Marne for Cinema and Photography during Paris Photo Week

Photo Review Holds Benefit Photo Auction on Saturday, Oct. 27th in Philadelphia

Photographer Henry Wessel Died Sept. 20th from Lung Cancer

E-Photo Newsletter #246
12/17/2018

Problems in Cyberspace

Fotografiska: Coming to London and New York amid Controversy

Several Photography Award Winners Announced

AIPAD Past President and Founding Member Tom Halsted Passes Away

Tom Halsted: A Personal Perspective

Stuart Alexander Named Editor-in-Chief of Delpire

Quentin Bajac leaves NY MoMA for the Jeu de Paume in Paris

Photographer, Publisher and Teacher Michael A. Smith Passes Away

Photography Collector and Community Leader Gloria Katz Huyck Passes Away in L.A.

Manfred Heiting Home and Photobook Library Go up in Flames in Malibu Fire

Etherton Gallery Places W. Eugene Smith Minamata Archive with Library of Congress

Photo Book Reviews: Henryk Ross' Photographs of the Lodz Ghetto; Daiter Catalogs and Lenswork's 25th Anniversary Issue

Next Issue: Paris Photo Week Events and Paris Gustave Le Gray Auction Coverage.

E-Photo Newsletter #247
1/16/2019

This Year's Paris Photo Comes on Strong, Even with Sunday Demonstrations

Renamed Paris Vintage Table-top Fair, "Photos Discovery", Is Another Success

Skinner Photo Auction Scheduled for Boston on January 25th

Le Gray Egyptian Collection Brings back the Golden Age of Paris Auctions—at Least for the Day with Sale of nearly 1 Million Euros

E-Photo Newsletter #248
2/23/2019

AIPAD's 39th Edition of the New York Photography Show Returns to Pier 94 the First Week of April, Adds Special Project Booths

AIPAD Photo Dealer and Founding Member of the Daguerreian Society Charles Schwartz Passes Away in Manhattan

Remembrances and Condolences upon Charles Schwartz's Passing

Charles Schwartz: A Personal Remembrance

Paris as Seen by Four Photographers in Online Auction on February 26th

Photo Book Reviews: From the Nadars to Postcards from the Raj, Plus Two "Instants"

E-Photo Newsletter #249
3/31/2019

AIPAD Announces Speakers for April 4-6 "Talks" Program in NYC during Photography Show at Pier 94

Project Booths Are a New Addition to the AIPAD Photography Show

Photographer Alec Soth Curates Special Exhibit at AIPAD on "Interiors"

New Biannual Magazine Launched for Classic Photography

Sarah Kennel Appointed Curator of Photography at Atlanta's High Museum of Art

Memorial Event on April 14th to Honor Photographer Michael A. Smith

On Exhibit: At the Barnes--Tracing Photography's Power Over Painting

Photo Book Reviews: Ralston Crawford's Camera; and a 'True to the Eyes' Collection

E-Photo Newsletter #250
5/13/2019

250th Issue of the E-Photo Newsletter and 20 years of Publication

Photography's Language of Light at a Record-Setting AIPAD NY Show 2019

Hope for Changes in Instagram's Heavy-Handed Censorship

Photo London Announces a New Director to "Help Unlock Strategic Potential"

Photo Review's Annual Garden Party June 15th in Easton, PA

Man Ray's Tomb Desecrated

Photo and Art Dealer Virginia Zabriskie Dies at 91 after a Long Illness

Artist Michael Wolf Dies in Hong Kong at Age 64

California Photo Dealer Louis Klaitman Passes away from Heart Congestion

CCP Director Gets New Dual Focus; and CCP Adds New Museum Deputy Director

New Approach to Eliminating Silver Mirroring on Developed-Out Silver Prints Reported

E-Photo Newsletter #251
6/10/2019

2019 Photo London Public Program and Staff Support Rated Top-notch, But Exhibitor Sales Continue to Be Erratic and Elusive

Special Edition of London Photograph Fair Offers a Vintage Alternative

Phillips May London Auction Does Well, Bringing in a Total of £1,849,188

Sotheby's May London Auction Brings in Just £966,875

Millon Photo Auction Set for June 18th in Paris at Drouot and Online

Be-hold Announces Online Photo Auction, Closing July 10th

Summer Sale on Vintage Works, Ltd.: 20% off Selected Images and Free Ground Shipping

Photo Catalogue and New Exhibit: Bloom…Away

E-Photo Newsletter #252
7/1/2019

Paris Photo Launches Paris Photo New York in Collaboration with AIPAD in 2020

Sotheby’s Signs “Definitive Agreement” to Be Acquired by BidFairUSA; But Wait, There May Still Be a Twist

Dora Maar Touring Exhibition Opens at Centre Pompidou

Summer Sale on Vintage Works, Ltd.: 20% off Selected Images and Free Ground Shipping

Historic Pride Sale at Swann Brings Market Premiers and Auction Records

Photo Snaps: Space Exhibits Everywhere; Scott Nichols Gallery Relocates; and Kunin Interviewed

E-Photo Newsletter #253
8/3/2022

AIPAD Photography Show Reopens in a New Midtown Venue after Three Years Absence

Pop-Up Photography New York! Was a Successful Launch in NYC

Classic Photograph Fair Launches in London in mid-June after a Year Delay

Summer Sale on Vintage Works, Ltd.: 30% off Selected Images and Free Ground Shipping in the U.S.

E-Photo Newsletter #254
11/3/2022

Paris Photo Celebrates 25th Edition of World's Biggest Photography Fair

Making Sense of a Photo Market in the Middle of an Economic Whirlwind

Contemporary Works/Vintage Works Back Exhibiting at Paris Photo 2022

Album of Charles Darwin Portraits to Auction off in the UK for an Estimated £50,000-100,000

E-Photo Newsletter #255
12/9/2022

Paris Photo Scores Another Success at its Temporary Location at the Grand Palais Ephémère

Millon's Lepage 19th-century Photography Auction Brings in 2.4 Million Euros

Photo Discovery, a Tabletop Fair, Sets up Close to Paris Photo at the Pullman Hotel

Holiday Sale from Vintage Works: Save 30% off on over 2,500 Photographs and Photo Books

British Photographers Donate Work for a Print Sale to Support New British Photography Center

The Photo Review Benefit Auction After-sale

E-Photo Newsletter #256
3/2/2023

2023 Edition of AIPAD's The Photography Show Runs March 30 - April 2 in NYC

Contemporary Works/Vintage Works Exhibits at AIPAD Show

Centre for British Photography Opens in London to Enthusiastic Crowds

Curator-extraordinaire and Photo Expert Pierre Apraxine Passes Away

New Updates on I Photo Central Website

Book Reviews: A Tale of Two Collections

The Photo Review Benefit Auction Final Sale

E-Photo Newsletter #257
3/17/2023

AIPAD Fair Special Events and Talks Program Scheduled

Rijksmuseum Curators, Mattie Boom and Hans Rooseboom Win AIPAD Award

Hasselblad Foundation Awards This Year's Honor to Photographer Carrie Mae Weems; Forms New Collaboration with Its Related Camera Company

Two Paris Galleries Will Open Shared Space in NYC in May

Lee Marks and John DePrez Donate 116 photographs to Eskenazi Museum of Art

New AIPAD Executive Director Named

E-Photo Newsletter #258
5/5/2023

2023 AIPAD Photography Show Beats 2022 Attendance and Sales for Most Dealers

Photos by Lewis Carroll Sell at UK Auction for £121,400 Total

Atget Images of Prostitutes Sell Well in French Auction

The Classic Photograph Fair Returns for Its Second Iteration in London

AIPAD Announces New President Martijn van Pieterson of IBASHO Gallery

Arthur Tress Retrospective Set for the J. Paul Getty Museum

Jerry Spagnoli Is Named a Guggenheim Fellow in Photography

Summer Sale of 3,500 Photographs on I Photo Central

E-Photo Newsletter #259
6/1/2023

Photo London Faces Challenges Trying to Find Its Audience

Classic Photograph Fair Ties in Schedule to Photo London

San Diego Museum of Art Absorbs Museum of Photographic Arts in July

Whitney Museum Appoints Drew Sawyer as Its Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography

Todd Tubutis Named Director of the Center for Creative Photography

Summer Sale of 3,500 Photographs on I Photo Central at 25% Discount

E-Photo Newsletter #260
6/27/2023

V&A Photography Centre Completes Phase 2 Expansion

Capturing the Moment - A Journey through Painting and Photography: At the Tate Modern until January 28, 2024

Gagosian Gallery Turns to Curator Joshua Chuang for Strategy on Photography

Summer Sale of 3,500 Photographs on I Photo Central at 30% Discount

Book Review: New Book on Talbot Trove at Bodleian Library

E-Photo Newsletter #261
8/30/2023

AIPAD'S New York Photography Show Returns to the Park Avenue Armory Next Spring

An Interview with Martijn van Pieterson, New President of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD)

What Philippe Garner Is up to Now

Summer Sale of 3,500 Photographs on I Photo Central at 30% Discount Ends Sept. 29th

UK Dealer John Benjafield Passes Away

Don't Forget to Follow Us on Instagram and Linked-In

E-Photo Newsletter #262
9/19/2023

Paris Photo Returns One Last Time to the Grand Palais Éphémère, November 9-12

Vintage Works Ltd. and Galerie Francoise Paviot Work Together Again to Produce a Special Booth (B24) at Paris Photo in November

Millon Auction House Announces Three Auctions during and after Paris Photo

Our Summer Photography Sale Ends Soon (Friday, September 29th)

Photo Dealer Wendy Halsted Beard Charged with One Count of Wire Fraud

Elsewhere during Paris Photo: Tabletop Fair at Pullman Tour Eiffel

Dag Society's Auction on Sept. 30th to Feature Diverse Range of Antique Photographica

Frish Brandt Transitions to Emeritus, Daphne Palmer Appointed President of Fraenkel Gallery

Tartarin Opens Photo Gallery in Galerie Vivienne

E-Photo Newsletter #263
10/26/2023

EU Changes to VAT System Could Bring Down Art and Photography Business in France, but Possible, But Only Partial, Reprieve Looks to Be in the Works

Anne Lyden Has Been Appointed New Director-General of the National Galleries of Scotland

Two Important Upcoming Photography Auctions at Canada Book Auctions on Nov. 2nd and 3rd

Bassenge Photo Auction in Berlin Scheduled for December 6th Spans Entire History

"Shaping Visions" Photographs Auction, Including Important Group of 22 Vintage Otto Steinert Images, to Be Sold by Leitz Photographica Auction on November 24th

Bidding Is Open on Photo Review Benefit Auction to Be Held Saturday, October 28th

The International Photography Hall of Fame Announces Its 2023 Inductions & Awards

E-Photo Newsletter #264
1/9/2024

Paris Photo Has One Last Show at the Grand Palais Éphémère; Attendance up 7%, but Buyers Seemed Slow to Purchase More Expensive Work

Photo Discovery at Pullman Hotel Taps into Paris Photo Audience

France Maintains and Extends Reduced VAT on Works of Art

New Selection of Important Photographs for Sale Added to I Photo Central Website

AIPAD Returns to New York's Park Avenue Armory Venue with 78 International Exhibitors

Noted Photographer Elliot Erwitt Passes Away at 95

Nonprofit Centre for British Photography Loses Exhibition Space and Looks for Funding and a New, Permanent Location

E-Photo Newsletter #265
4/16/2024

AIPAD Returns to Historic Park Ave. Armory, April 25-28, with 77 International Exhibitors

AIPAD 2024 Show Catalogue Available Online

Contemporary Works/Vintage Works to Feature Early French Calotypes, along with 20th-century Masters and Contemporary Artistry

International Center of Photography Celebrates Five Pioneering Women in the Field at 40th Annual Infinity Awards

Photo Review Competition Announced and Closes May 15th

E-Photo Newsletter #266
5/14/2024

New York Photography Show, Presented by AIPAD, Returned to Form at the Park Ave. Armory

Summer Sale of 3,500 Photographs on I Photo Central at 30% Discount