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Book Review: Documenting Fashion by Rebecca Arnold

I'm no doubt paraphrasing, but Jean Cocteau once stated, "One must forgive fashion its sins and trespasses for it dies so very young." Fashion, and by extension, fashion photography has…

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Library of Rare Photography Books and Portfolios

By Alex Novak

This special selection of rare books spans the gamut from early and virtually never seen 19th-century documents to scarce and in-demand contemporary books and portfolios.

I hope you find…

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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Art and Photographic Historian

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