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New Record for last quarter photo auctions The last quarter's photography sales took off into the wild blue New York auction yonder in October 2005, zooming to an astonishing $30 million all-time season's record and atomizing 2004's formerly handsome $17.7 million record. Maine Antique Digest. It's boomtime for photography!
Le Monde - John le Carre Famous spy author John le Carre talks about his early life in the British diplomatic service which led him to write about spies. Click on Le Carre herefor the PDF
Record auction price achieved for Brandt Over the past years, photography prices have continue to climb at auction. In 1998, a record £304,000 was paid in Christie's New York for a Man Ray. Five of the top 10 auction prices are by Man Ray and he was out in front once again at the November 2005 auctions at Christie's in Paris. Bill Brandt was not left out however, as November saw the highest price ever paid for a Brandt at auction, with his famous Nude London 1952 going for £44,538 ($76,000) not including buyer's premium of 20%. I still believe that these prices are soon to go much higher. Evaluating photos can be difficult but the guys at iphotocentral are there to help.
Fundamentals of Photography
Bill Brandt is featured in the section on photography as art in this fine new book by Helen Drew. The text covers everything that you need to know about black-and-white and colour photography, from the initial idea through to developing the final print.
Connaissance des Arts in Paris
Connaissance des Arts has produced a spectacular latest review - it's in French though..
Harold Pinter wins Nobel Prize for Literature Following recent British Nobel prize winner VS Naipaul (literature 2001), British dramatist Harold Pinter has been awarded the coverted prize this year. Bill Brandt was a huge fan of Pinter and photographed him at his house in Holland Park, just round the corner from Brandt's own flat, on one occasion and more famously in south London at an earlier date.
New York Times
Should great photography be used to support editorial in major newspapers and magazines? Or should it just be seen in museums? Do you like seeing photography this way or not? Check out the latest New York Times article called 'Our Vaginas, ourselves' on their website. Let us know what you think.
Palm Beach Post review The British photographer Bill Brandt had two encounters in 1920s Paris that nourished his long career. No, one wasn't Ernest Hemingway. Brandt's "moveable feast" was surrealism and the adventurous artist Man Ray. More
EPSON - Success Stories
"The art world is familiar with Brandt's small-sized prints, but our show wanted to contrast oversized Epson prints with some of the smaller vintage prints from Brandt's time," said David Fahey, gallery director at the Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles.
David Adamson on Bill Brandt I think for anybody entering the art market, buying a Bill Brandt is a safe bet. They are iconic, non threatening, beautiful pictures that look great in any setting from contemporary to classic, as well as being instantaneously recognised museum pieces." - David Adamson."
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