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France Set to Tax Art and Photography?

The Syndicat des Négociants en Art (SNA) or the French Art Dealers Association has raised the alarm about how the French National Assembly is considering taxing art.

On October 31, French…

Featured Exhibit

She's Got Legs

By Matt Damsker

Has any body part lent itself more variously and evocatively to photographic fantasy than the leg? Legs are probably the most fetishized of appendages (thanks, in part,…

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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