Born in March 1933 in Yonezawa, Yamagata, Eikoh Hosoe graduated at Tokyo College of Photography in 1954 and became a freelance photographer, emerging in the experimental arts movement of post-World War II in Japan. He is considerated one of the leading figure of modern...

15.04.2013[ read full story ]

From 794 to 1868, Kyoto has been the imperial capital of Japan and today is worldwide well-known for its graceful zen gardens and more than 2000 magnificently preserved Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. Kyoto is still a capital in Japan for art and culture. For the fir...

15.04.2013[ read full story ]

The first edition of the Kyotographie International Photography Festival will be held from April 13 to May 6, 2013. With the partnership and support of cities like Paris, Florence and Cologne, and festivals like the Rencontres d’Arles, Kyotographies will feature the work of ve...

12.04.2013[ read full story ]

Last week's AIPAD in New York was surely one of the best in the art fair's history. When you add in the auctions at Christie's and Sotheby's, you'll understand the smiles on the faces of these photo world players photographed by WM Hunt.

11.04.2013[ read full story ]

The most elegant AIPAD ever opened on Wednesday at the Armory on Park Avenue with galleries from throughout the world and Brooklyn. Yes, Brooklyn. Dealers reported brisk activity, with breaks for the evening auctions and a special tribute to life of Bonni Benrubi that was hoste...

08.04.2013[ read full story ]

AIPAD opened last Wednesday night at The Park Ave Armory, the highlight of a week of auction previews and the opening of the Metropolitan Museum’s “Photograph and the American Civil War”, curated by Jeff Rosenheim. Busy, busy, busy. By 7 PM the place was full and completely upbeat, a...

08.04.2013[ read full story ]

The work of several major artists is on display at the Steven Kasher gallery of New York, including street photographer Vivian Mayer, portraits artists Richard Bernstein and Irving Penn, the talented Daido Moriyama from Japan, and the nude specialists Jack Roth and Herb Ritts.

05.04.2013[ read full story ]

At the Glitterman gallery we find documentary photography of all kinds: black-and-white, color, old, new, but all of it excellent. For sale are works by William Henry Jackson, Adam Bartos, Richard Gordon, Alma Lavenson, Emma Wilcox and the divine Kenneth Josephson.

05.04.2013[ read full story ]

David Zwirner introduces AIPAD with one of the few monographic booths - Higher Pictures is one of the other courageous galleries assuming an exclusive aesthetic identity for the occasion with a series of K8 Hardy, a kind of contemporary Claude Cahun diverting sexuality and photogr...

05.04.2013[ read full story ]

Since 1980, collectors, curators and art dealers have turned to The Photograph Collector for everything they need to know about the art photography market. This monthly newsletter edited by Stephen Perloff offers analysis, candid advice and news about upcoming gallery shows,...

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