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Summer Sale Only has One Month to Go Here with 30% Off on Nearly 3,500 Photographs

You can get 30% off on thousands of select photographs on the I Photo Central or Vintage Works websites--and FREE packing and ground shipping for Continental U.S. clients (except on…

Featured Exhibit

Stereoview: Three-Dimensional Photography

By Alex Novak

Giovanni Battista della Porta (1538-1615) created binocular drawings, and about the same time Jacopo Chimenti da Empoli (1554-1640) produced pairs of drawings, which clearly indicated his understanding of…

Collecting Resources

A Certificate of Insurance and Why You Need to Get One When You Loan Out Work

There are many misconceptions regarding Certificates of Insurance. The following information may help to provide a greater understanding of their proper and intended use.

It is common practice in the…

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