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Human Rights Lawyer to Defend Artist Gao Zhen, as China Holds the Artist's 7-Year-Old American Son

The case of Gao Zhen, a prominent Chinese artist/photographer and U.S. permanent resident detained in China since August 26, 2024, for “defaming heroes and martyrs,” continues to draw international concern…

Featured Exhibit

Early Scientific and Medical Images

By Matt Damsker

The wonders of the invisible world were ideal fodder for the early days of photography, which made it possible--at last--to document the visual reality of the cosmic and…

Collecting Resources

Basic Core Photography Collecting Books and Other Media by Category

The following group of classic books and resources is what I consider the basic necessities for a photography collector’s library. There are many other fine examples, but this is…

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Museum Curator

I Photo Central provides thousands of web pages for the photography collector, curator and historian. This site includes articles on collecting issues (such as connoisseurship and print values; insurance and risk management; appraisals; buying and selling images; developing a photography collecting library; framing/matting and preserving your collection; conservation, etc.). The largest for-sale fine art photography gallery on the web is databased here and is easily accessed through an extensive on-site search engine.

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