October 22, 2018Kelsie JankowskiPhotographs & Photobooks Records & Results: Photographs & Photobooks Read more about Records & Results: Photographs & Photobooks Brâncusi Breaks $100k at Photographs Auction Records for DeCarava & Sidibé Swann Auction Galleries’ Thursday, October 18 sale of Photographs & Photobooks, which boasted historical and contemporary fine art…
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: The Knowing Eye: Photographs & Photobooks March 1, 2018 Photographs & Photobooks A Look Inside the Catalogue: The Knowing Eye: Photographs & Photobooks At Auction April 19 The Knowing Eye: Photographs & Photobooks features a rare vintage print of Alfred Eisenstaedt’s iconic Premier at La Scala, Milan, circa 1933, and Robert Frank’s quirky Portrait of art…
Read more about Do You Speak Photography? October 10, 2017 Photographs & Photobooks Do You Speak Photography? This post was written by our Vice President and Director of Photographs & Photobooks, Daile Kaplan. Photography is ubiquitous in visual culture. Whether you prefer contemporary works by Alec…
Read more about O. Winston Link: A Turbulent Past October 15, 2014 Photographs & Photobooks O. Winston Link: A Turbulent Past O. Winston Link’s photographs have infused Swann’s Photograph Department auctions with a consistent, quiet power for years, but lot 175 brings a new dramatic force to the October 17, 2014…
Read more about Nick Brandt, Activist-Photographer: “I Stick with Nature” August 29, 2014 Photographs & Photobooks Nick Brandt, Activist-Photographer: “I Stick with Nature” The delicate condition of the natural world is vividly brought to life by Nick Brandt, who organized the Big Life Foundation to protect wild animals in East Africa. This British…
Read more about Cyanotypes: Into the Blue March 25, 2014 Photographs & Photobooks Cyanotypes: Into the Blue The cyanotype or blueprint process has a poetic quality that embodies a painterly aesthetic and is defined by particular visual characteristics, in this case, a distinctive and rich “prussian blue”…
Read more about What is vernacular photography? March 24, 2014 Photographs & Photobooks What is vernacular photography? What is vernacular photography? According to our director of Photographs & Photobooks Daile Kaplan, it is photography taken for the sake of the photograph.
Read more about The Photobook Library of Bill Diodato: Provocateurs & Innovators February 19, 2014 Photographs & Photobooks The Photobook Library of Bill Diodato: Provocateurs & Innovators As collector Bill Diodato knows, photography begins with the birth of the photobook. Long before the white wall or editioned print–and more than century before galleries and museums exhibited pictures–photographers…
Read more about The Eighth Wonder of the World: The Brooklyn Bridge December 9, 2013 Photographs & Photobooks The Eighth Wonder of the World: The Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge is a monumental architectural triumph of New York City, constructed on May 24, 1883, which supports, to this day, the colossal weight of bridge-walkers, automobiles and its…
Read more about Mark Michaelson: Crime Becomes Collectible, Mugshots for Sale September 16, 2013 Photographs & Photobooks Mark Michaelson: Crime Becomes Collectible, Mugshots for Sale Murder and mayhem have long fascinated photographers and film aficionados, and are also inextricably linked with collectors of vernacular photography. But, how did the mugshot become a fine-art collectible? For…