Scroll down below to explore the latest posts from our daily collecting guide, Peter's quotes, notes and reflections from forty years of collecting and dealing in photography. Started during lockdown and continued by popular demand for over three years now, daily posts are sent by email to our mailing list subscribers, with live works for sale and related works to explore, as well as advance previews of exhibitions and events.
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#1438 - Sebastião Salgado
Church Gate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India, 1995 (Printed 2018)
“A fantastic picture you do in a fraction of a second but to arrive to do this picture you must put your life in there, to give your time and to receive it from the community that you come to see”
~ Sebastião Salgado
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#1437 - Steve McCurry
Blue City, India, 2010 (Printed 2020)
"What is important to my work is the individual picture. I photograph stories on assignment, and of course they have to be put together coherently. But what matters most is that each picture stands on its own, with its own place and feeling."
~ Steve McCurry
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#1390 - Henri Cartier-Bresson
Jaipur pavement school, 1948
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#1361 - Sebastião Salgado
India [woman with flowers in her hair], 2003/Printed 2007
“A fantastic picture you do in a fraction of a second but to arrive to do this picture you must put your life in there, to give your time and to receive it from the community that you come to see”
~ Sebastião Salgado
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#1302 - Paul Cupido
Varanasi, India, 1956
“For me personal experiences are the initial impulses to create. When presenting the work after period of contemplation, I hope these feelings and emotions become more abstract and universal. In the end it is not about us, but a deeper, universal emotion and connection”
~ Paul Cupido
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#1300 - Marc Riboud
Varanasi, India, 1956
“There are different ways of seeing. I have mine. For me to photograph a beautiful face, a misty landscape is somehow like listening to music or reading poetry. It helps me to live”
~ Marc Riboud
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#1287 - Marc Riboud
The Peacock, Jaipur, India, 1956, printed later
“Solitary wanderings, eyes always peeled. As evening approaches, I wonder what meaning could be given to those encounters. Doubt often hovers nearby, but I photograph the way a musician hums. Looking is like breathing. So when luck offers me a good picture, joy is surely not far away”
~ Marc Riboud
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#1286 - Steve McCurry and Jeffrey Conley
Exhibitions extended to Saturday, May 4th, 2024
Due to popular demand Jeffrey Conley's exhibition, An Ode to Nature and Steve McCurry's The Endless Traveler have been extended until Saturday May 4th, 2024. Don't miss this opportunity to experience two amazing shows at our Santa Monica gallery. We look forward to your visit.
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#1270 - Steve McCurry
Floating Offerings, Varanasi, India, 1996
"There’s a contemplative or meditative quality to photography, which I find to be a sort of peaceful state. When I’m walking around photographing, I get into a particular mindset where I become much more attuned to the world around me."
~ Steve McCurry
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#1202 - STEVE MCCURRY - JANUARY 27, 2024 – APRIL 27, 2024
Flower Vendor at Dal Lake, 1999, printed later
"For me color is not the most important part of the picture. For me it is the story. It’s the emotional content in the picture"
~ Steve McCurry
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#1134 - Steve McCurry
Floating Offerings, Varanasi, India, 1996
“If you wait, people will forget your camera and the soul will drift up into view.”
~ Steve McCurry
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#856 - Marc Riboud
Varanasi, India, 1956
“For me photography is a passion, closer to an obsession. It is not an intellectual process. It is a visual one. While shooting, if we think too much we miss the birdie. A good photograph is a surprise. How could we plan a surprise? We just have to be ready.”
~ Marc Riboud
(1923-2016)