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AIPAD’s 45th Edition of the Photography Show Returns to the Park Ave. Armory, April 22-26 with 78 Galleries.

AIPAD's Photography Show returns to the historic Park Avenue Armory, April 22-26, with 78 galleries from around the world showing photography from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. The show’s…

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Featured Exhibit

Autochrome and Other Early Color Processes: Beauty in Color Photography

By Alex Novak with considerable help from Nicholas Burnett

The first version of the Autochrome, which was the first practical color process, was patented on December 17th, 1903 by the brothers…

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Collecting Resources

The Insider's Guide to Buying Photographs

Besides historical and aesthetic considerations, most photography collectors ultimately will face the real economic issue of both buying and selling images.

Few of us merely inherit a collection and then pass…

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