Aperture 124 - Summer 1991

Connoisseurs and Collections

Featuring interviews with six of the foremost private photography connoisseurs and collectors of our time, attempting to address the questions of why and how someone would go about amassing photographs.

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This issue of Aperture features interviews with six of the foremost private photography connoisseurs and collectors of our time, and examples (20 color, 50 black-and-white) from their stunning collections. The collections are those of Werner Bokelberg, Gerard Levy, Stanley Burns, Joshua Smith, Dorothy Norman, and Thomas Walther.
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of pages: 80
Publication date: 1995-05-31
Measurements: 9.52 x 11.38 x 0.26 inches
ISBN: 9780893814861


Table Of Contents

Connoisseurs and Collections

Featuring the collections of:
Werner Bokelberg

Gérard Lévy

Joshua P. Smith

Stanley B. Burns, M.D.

Dorothy Norman

Thomas Walther

From Matchbooks to Masterpieces: Toward a Philosophy of Collecting
By Arthur C. Danto

Hunter-Gatherers in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
By Harry Lunn
With HOT PIX: photographers to watch out for

High Times and Misdemeanors
By Peter C. Jones
With HOT PIX: photographers to watch out for

People and Ideas
Image and Identity in War By Robert Dannin
Photographs by Jolie Stahl

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