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Viviane Esders Prize in Photography Awarded to German Photographer Dörte Eißfeldt.

Viviane Esders and the members of the 2025 jury—Damarice Amao, Antoine de Galbert, Arnaud Lévénès, Robert Pujade, Marie Robert, and Sonia Voss—have awarded the 2025 Viviane Esders Prize to the…

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Susan McCartney: Having Fun, Observing Life

By Alex Novak

Susan McCartney has been taking pictures since the age of 12 and studied fine art and graphic design at the Hammersmith College of Art in London and the…

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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