AIPAD Photography Show Miami - 2007

The AIPAD Photography Show Miami, December 5th - 9th, 2007. This fair presented more than 40 top photography dealers from around the world. All of the dealers are members of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers and this was AIPAD's first Miami fair. The exhibtion focused on fine art photography from both contemporary and modern masters.

The AIPAD Photography Show was in a tented venue.
Located in the Wynwood Art District in Miami,
and next to the Photo Miami art fair.

Inside view of AIPAD fair

Another inside view of AIPAD fair

Unidentified visitor in the display of
Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, NY

Galerie Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany

Unidentified display at AIPAD Fair

Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ

Unidentified display at AIPAD Fair

Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Unidentified display at AIPAD Fair

Unidentified display at AIPAD Fair

Unidentified display at AIPAD Fair

HackelBury Fine Art Limited, London, England

PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX

Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York, NY

Janet Lehr, Inc., New York, NY

Unidentified display at AIPAD Fair

Peter Wach
Wach Gallery, Avon Lake, OH

Robert Glenn Ketchum
Next to one of his new artworks
Wach Gallery, Avon Lakes, OH

Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

Stephen Daiter Gallery /Daiter Contemporary, Chicago, IL

Lee Marks Fine Art, Shelbyville, IN

Winter Works on Paper, New York, NY

Throckmorton Fine Art, Inc., New York, NY

Unidentified display at AIPAD Fair

Silverstein Photography, New York, NY

Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Czech Center of Photography, Prague, Czech Republic

Some of my favorite artworks were the new works of Joel-Peter Witkin on display at Etherton Gallery. The large Jerry Uelsmann images displayed at Andrew Smith Gallery were impressive. Also, Edward Burtynsky's large scale color photographs from his Quarries book were spectacular. Scott Nichols Gallery from San Francisco, had really good selection of Ruth Bernhard and Imogen Cunningham prints.

AIPAD's next fair will be, The Photography Show New York 2008, April 10th - 13th, in New York city. If you're interested in collecting fine art photography you try to vist AIPAD's art fairs. Hopefully, they will return to Miami for the 2008 art fairs next December.

For further information visit the AIPAD website.

Diane Arbus Estate to The Met

Diane Arbus news. The New York Times, just reported that the Metropolitan Museum in New York just received a major gift from the Estate of Diane Arbus. They received her complete archives (as featured in an exhibition two years ago), hundreds of early photographs, negatives and contact prints of more than 7500 rolls of film.

In addition, The Met purchased 20 Arbus photographs frome the Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco, which represents her estate. If you were at Art Basel Miami Beach, you would have seen a nice selection of Arbus prints in the Fraenkel Gallery space.

Diane Arbus, Coney Island, NY #3, 1958
gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches

The G. Gibson Gallery, was selling the above Arbus print in Miami at Aqua Hotel fair. If you're interested in adding it to your collection contact the gallery.

To read more about the Arbus gift, here's a link.
A Big Gift for the Met: The Arbus Archives (New York Times)

Jitka Hanzlová wins Paris Photo Prize

The 2007 BMW-Paris Photo Prize winner is Jitka Hanzlová. The award was presented in mid November at Paris Photo. A panel of prestigious international experts picked the winner from artists represented by Paris Photo 2007 participating galleries. This years theme was "Water, Origin of Life".

Photograph by Jitka Hanzlová
Untitled (Hungry Fish) 2004
2007 BMW-Paris Photo Prize winner

Czech artist Jitka Hanzlová was born in 1958, and currently lives in Germany. She's an internationally recognized photographer and her work has earned considerable acclaim. In 1993, she won the Otto Steinert Award. Her work is featured in internationally renowned collections and has been shown in important group exhibitions. Her winning photograph is from her series called "The Cotton Rose" and was taken in Japan. She is represented by the Kicken Gallery in Berlin.

Additional information about Jitka Hanzlová .

The BMW-Paris Photo Prize was launched four years ago to support and promote contemporary artists working in photography. It's open to living photographers represented by galleries participating in Paris Photo.

Previous Winners:
Mathieu Bernard-Reymond - 2006
Anthony Goicolea – 2005
Jules Spinatsch - 2004