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Interview: Ettore Molinario, Italian Collector with a Live-in Museum
Last year, the Italian collector Ettore Molinario and his wife Rossella Colombari opened the much-anticipated Casa Museo Molinario Colombari in Milan. It is a live-in museum, showcasing an impressive collection…
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Cyanotypes: Photography in a Blue Mode
By Alex Novak
The cyanotype process was invented and named by Sir John Herschel in 1842, but was most popular around the turn of the century when it was adopted by…
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Risk Management and Insurance for Private Photography Collectors, Dealers, Gallery Owners and Museums
Most people will never face a disaster that will reduce their 40-foot home to two feet of ashes. Nor will they ever face the loss of a major collection of…
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