Modern techniques for detecting photographic fakes and reprints (Artsy)

There are some interesting buried comments in a Mar 22, 2019 Artsy article by Karen Chernick on the collection of Michael Mattis and Judy Hochberg (now on display at the Barnes Foundation), which briefly describing a few modern methods of detecting 19th and early 20th C photographic fakes and reprints. The two collectors developed the… Continue reading Modern techniques for detecting photographic fakes and reprints (Artsy)

Digital Photographs and Concepts of Art (James Reilly)

From Getty, James Reilly, the photograph conservation expert, comments about what digital photography has done:  The important point is that, as the analogue structure goes away, it further erodes the notion that photography is a major art form in and of itself. …. Digital has undermined the notion of photography as an art form in… Continue reading Digital Photographs and Concepts of Art (James Reilly)