New York
Photography Fair returns to the Puck Building from October 15-17
featuring 35 of the finest American and international fine art
photography dealers.
The New York Photography Fair was founded in response to a
need for a fine art photography event in the fall season, said
Sanford Smith. The New York Photography Fair will take place
the week after the fall auctions and will serve as a barometer of
the season's collecting trends.
The show offers something for everyone. This is a downtown
show, said Sanford Smith, with a mix of emerging and
established dealers that appeals to both younger and seasoned
collectors. You'll see more risk taking down here than you will
uptown.
An exciting feature of the New York Photography Fair is its focus on vernacular
photography-19th and 20th century snapshots by amateurs with unknown resumés
but obvious talent. This recent rise in the popularity of vernacular photography is
evident by its presence in the photography collection at the Museum of Modern Art.
In addition to offering a wide range of cutting-edge contemporary works, the fair is particularly
strong in 19th century daguerreotypes, tintypes, cyanotypes, ambrotypes, and albumen prints
by artists both unknown and well-known-Julia Margaret Cameron, Louis Daguerre, Mathew
Brady, and Carleton Watkins. The visitor to the fair will be able to trace the entire arc of the
photographic medium.
Exemplifying this range at the show will be the material in Ricco/Maresca's: The American Flag in
Photography: Broad Stripes, Bright Stars with work from Mathew Brady to Berenice Abbott.
Other exhibiting dealers include Sarah Morthland (New York, NY), Marion Meyer (Paris, France),
banning + associates (New York, NY), Jiri Jasmanicky (Prague, Czech Republic), and Yancey
Richardson (New York, NY).
Show hours are Friday, noon to 8pm and Saturday and Sunday, noon to 7pm. Daily admission
is $12. A gala preview party will be held Thursday, October 14 from 6pm to 9pm. Tickets for
this event cost $25, which includes one readmission and a catalog. The Puck Building is located at
Houston and Lafayette Streets in New York City. A café will offer refreshments during show
hours. The Puck Building is wheelchair accessible.
Sanford L. Smith & Associates produces a number of prestigious art and antique shows including
the Fall Antique Show, Modernism, The Outsider Art Fair, Works on Paper, The New York
Antiquarian Book Fair (ABAA), The National Black Fine Art Show (a Wainwright/Smith
Production). The company also manages the Philadelphia Antiques Show (a benefit for the
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania) and the Chicago International Antiques and Fine Art
Fair in conjunction with the Merchandise Mart.
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