The conversations I have had with dealers in vintage photography over the years have at some point inevitably led me to ask the question, "So what do you collect yourself?".…
Read MoreBy Alex Novak
New York City has long been considered one of the most important cities in the world. A center for commerce and finance, New York also maintains an…
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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