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Who was J Dudley Johnston? (1)

On September 9 I received the J Dudley Johnston Award for Writing about Photography, conferred on me by the Royal Photographic Society (U.K.) at its Annual Awards gala. I take particular pleasure in the fact that this comes as unsolicited peer recognition. . . . […]

Polaroid Collection: Update 17

Continuing her detailed coverage of the crisis of the Polaroid Collection, Charlotte Burns in the April issue of The Art Newspaper reports that a considerable number of artists and photographers with work in the collection stand ready to participate in a legal effort to intervene in its imminent dismantling. In her article titled “Polaroid row hots up,” she specifically identifies Chuck Close as having committed himself to fighting the planned June 21-22 auction of the cream of the collection at Sotheby’s in New York. […]