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Susan Spiritus: Celebrating 50 Years of Photography and Friendships
Susan Spiritus is celebrating her photography gallery's 50th anniversary this month (actually on June 18th), making her public gallery one of the oldest of its type currently still in continuous…
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Shadows and Light: The Paper Negative
By Alex Novak
One of the earliest of the photography technologies was the paper negative. Its eventual evolution into more modern photography systems came relatively easily: more and more clarity…
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Photography Price Gyrations: Gustave Le Gray, A Case Study
There has been and probably always will be a strong market for this 19th-century photographer. Besides being an acknowledged master by virtually every art institution, he is one of the…
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