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Summer Sale on Vintage Works, Ltd.: 20% off Selected Images and Free Ground Shipping
You can get 20% off on photographs on the I Photo Central and Vintage Works websites--and free packing and ground shipping for U.S. clients.
International customers will have to pay actual…
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Abstract Photography: A Portion of Reality
By Maria DiElsi Connolly
In one sense all photographs are abstractions. A photograph frames a specific portion of reality. The final image is abstracted from the whole. This…
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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…
Read More“I Photo Central has been a great resource for me since I first began collecting. Not only have I found interesting images to buy, but I often just browse through it to sharpen my eye and fill in my knowledge of photo history.”
Private Collector
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.
252 issues of the popular E-Photo Newsletter are also archived here and are also searchable; and there is a major International Photography Calendar of Events section.
An additional Special Exhibits section focuses on specific topics, photography processes (such as autochromes, daguerreotypes, stereo views and oratones), contemporary photography and individual photographers.
