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THE STATE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY MARKET IN 2024
This is a fast-evolving time for photography. The medium is a ubiquitous part of the commercial and institutional art worlds, but recently, it has made significant strides in the art market. New art fairs, auction records, major museum shows, breakout artists, and high-profile gallery representations are all contributing to an exciting moment for photography in the art market.
GALERIE
THE ARTFUL LIFE: 5 THINGS GALERIE EDITORS LOVE THIS WEEK
The Inaugural St. Barth Photo Festival
[…] The festival is an amazing way to immerse yourself in the glamorous world of photography in a very elevated yet relaxed and festive way,” says Marie Audier D’Alessandris of The Selects Gallery, which represents Greg Lotus and Greg Kadel. “It’s everything the island of Saint Barth is about!”
THE EYE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
FIRST EDITION OF THE ST. BARTH PHOTO FESTIVAL
The Festival, located in Saint Barthelemy Island, starts with an exhibition at Wallhouse Museum called Emergence to recognize the new generation of Fashion photographers, followed by an impressive group of ten established photographers until the End of December. Each photographer will be celebrated in a very Saint Barth way through a series of festive opening parties every night.
THE EYE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
ST BARTH PHOTO FESTIVAL 2021 | GREG LOTUS: BY THE POOL AT THE CHRISTOPHER HOTEL
The second opening party of St Barth Photo Festival 2021 will unveil the exhibition By The Pool by Greg Lotus, at the Christopher Hotel on November 25th. Following on from the opening party of Ellen von Unwerth at the Cheval Blanc St-Barth Isle de France the night before, visitors will enjoy on Thanksgiving Day a selection of eleven images of the American photographer.
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I CORPI NUDI DI ROBERT FARBER
American artist, famous for his work in the field of fashion and advertising, Robert Farber is considered one of the masters of nude photography. Along with a more commercial production, he frequented the theme of the erotic portrait, with results of the highest refinement. Farber's is an elegant nudity, imbued with fantasy and a vein of mystery: his photographs are carnal, poetic, characterized by bold cuts and strong luministic contrasts.
THE EYE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
ROBERT FARBER | DETERIORATION SERIES: THE ART OF EMBRACE
During the 1990s, American photographer Robert Farber decided to comb through the photographs he had taken between 1977 and 1984. Rather than finding them as he had remembered them, Farber was met instead with works that had taken on – as he calls it – a “new life” reaching beyond his original artistic vision. The images, which had been sitting in non- archival plastic sleeves for decades, had “deteriorated” through a chemical reaction.
GALERIE
LIAIGRE MOUNTS AN EXHIBITION OF ROBERT FARBER’S ETHEREAL PHOTOGRAPHY
[…] Featuring 11 photographs from five different Farber collections (“Deterioration,” “Running Horses,” “Polaroid,” “Iconic Nudes,” and the “Wet” series), the exhibition is on view at Liaigre’s Manhattan showroom in collaboration with The Selects Gallery. “The collaboration between Robert Farber and Liaigre felt very natural as they both draw on their exceptional expertise and savoir-faire while embracing the impact of time and natural change,” says Selects Gallery’s curator Marie Audier D’Alessandris.
ARTWORK ARCHIVE
ARTS INNOVATION AMID COVID RESTRICTIONS: A NEW ROBERT FARBER EXHIBITION
His commercial photography has always echoed fine art composition. He continues to set up different mediums to be in a continuous conversation with each other. Farber is not only interested in illustrating ideas of change over time, but he is also constantly adapting to changing circumstances. Most recently, he’s worked to create video animations of his works that degraded with time. His animations are a new art form themselves while also showing how an individual artwork changes with time and age.
THE EYE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
ROBERT FARBER | WOMEN AS ART: 50 YEARS OF AN EVOLVING VISION
The Selects Gallery is the first gallery to partner with renowned fashion and fine art photographer Robert Farber for his international exhibition Women as Art: 50 Years of an Evolving Vision. Women As Art is a retrospective in celebration of Robert Farber’s extensive five-decade career. This exhibition follows the photographer’s perpetually evolving vision of the female subject over the years…
THE EYE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
CHRIS VON WANGENHEIM: GLAMOUR AND DANGER
For Miami Art Week, The Selects Gallery is presenting “Glamour and Danger”, an exclusive exhibition about cult photographer Chris von Wangenheim starting December 04th 2020 for Miami art week along with a live talk with the artists that worked on set with the photographer. In the 1970s, the photographer Chris Von Wangenheim radically challenged the public taste with high fashion photographs capturing the zeitgeist and cultural changes of the era.
THE EYE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
THE SELECTS GALLERY
The Selects Gallery was founded in February 2018 in New York City as a platform to discover, learn, and acquire art photography from the world’s best fashion photographers. The gallery was born from the desire of founder Marie Audier D’Alessandris to give a second life to these images sleeping in archives and in many cases forgotten after the original photoshoot.
THE FLAIR INDEX
FLAIR WOMEN: 19 INTERVIEWS IN 2019
Beyond the podcasts which I launched this year, I continued to have the opportunity to interview some incredible founders, doers and makers in 2019 for this site. Three women were also interviewed for the podcast, but many who create beautiful jewelry, art, clothing and home were best suited for an online story so you could see their inspiring work.
THE FLAIR INDEX
BRINGING FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY HOME: THE SELECTS GALLERY
Marie knows, like I do, the sometimes Herculean effort that goes into creating a memorable fashion photograph; it often includes travel to exotic locales for the right backdrop or complicated custom-built sets, the creative vision of the stylist and photographer (and overseeing company funding it all), the hair, the makeup, the clothes, and the model or subject that makes the image jump off the page. But after spending 15 years at L’Oreal in Paris and NYC and 5 at Coach, Marie felt like much of this effort was a waste, because the end result often showed up for one month in a magazine, and then was relegated to archives. Marie’s solution? Her year-old online gallery, The Selects Gallery, which features the work of fashion and beauty photographers by offering large scale prints mean to grace any wall you see fit.
THE FASHION STORIES
RETOUR EN GRÂCE DE PHOTOGRAPHES DE MODE OUBLIÉS
C’est un événement que les amoureux de l’art ne manquent pas. Du 2 au 5 mai 2019 se tiendra Art New York, une foire présentant de nombreuses disciplines – photograhie, sculpture, dessins – dans la Grosse Pomme. Parmi les expositions programmées, celle de The Selects Gallery fait partie des temps forts. Fondée par Marie Audier D’Alessandris, cette galerie digitale, au concept novateur, propose de (re)découvrir le travail de grands photographes de mode, adulés par les initiés mais méconnus du grand public. La française – établie à New York- sélectionne dans leurs archives des pépites oubliées. Des clichés sublimes reprennent vie en ligne et sont vendus sous la forme de tirages soignés.
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WORLD’S FINEST FASHION PHOTOGRAPHERS - THE SELECTS GALLERY
(…) The Selects Gallery, a gallery dedicated to fine art photography. Our photographers are all renowned in fashion photography, having shot the top supermodels of their day and with images published in magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Elle. Our photographs are printed on demand and in limited editions, making them premier collector's items. We have a range of clients, from individual buyers who want to add a bit of coolness and edge to their homes to interior designers working to source art for their projects to large-scale developers working on luxury buildings and hotels. Fashion photography can completely transform a space, and our curation is broad enough so that there is something for everyone.
HARPER’S BAZAAR
SHOP THE SHOOT: THE SELECTS GALLERY
Recognizing editorial photography as true works of art, Harper’s BAZAAR, YSL Beauté Global Beauty Director Tom Pecheux, and photographer Kenneth Willardt collaborated with The Selects Gallery founder Marie Audier D’Alessandris to breathe second life into the “That’s Rich" shoot from our September Issue with framed, limited-edition signed prints for sale.
ShopBAZAAR talks to D’Alessandris about the pieces and how art can enhance your space and life.
A-LIST LIFESTYLE TV SHOW INTERVIEWS THE SELECTS GALLERY FOUNDER, MARIE AUDIER D'ALESSANDRIS
Marie Audier worked for 15 years at L’Oréal where she gained a unique view into the world of fashion photography. When she was Head of Marketing there, she worked with many photographers and that’s where the idea was born to create a gallery focused on this unique artistic niche.
ELLE
WALL ART: HERE ARE THE BEST ONLINE SHOPS FOR REALLY COOL INTERIOR PRINTS.
More and more people are concerned with sustainability and a more aware approach to our environment. Few have in this context probably ever wondered what actually happens to pictures of fashion shoots after being selected and published by a magazine. Marie Audier D'Alessandris racked her brain for years before deciding to breathe new life into the high-end photography: The Selects Gallery came out. Instead of lying in the magazine archives unused, the works of world-class photographers are now available as art prints and beautify every home, guaranteed!
MARIE CLAIRE
BOOKMARK THIS NOW: THIS SHOP LETS YOU PURCHASE HIGH-FASHION ART FOR YOUR HOME
The Selects Gallery, which launched this month, lets you purchase high-quality, exclusive wall art without ever stepping foot in a swanky downtown NYC gallery. The online shop pulls prints from the magazine archives of world-class photographers, and repurposes the images as home décor. The images are packaged in customizable frames and shipped right to your door. The online shop pulls prints from the magazine archives of world-class photographers, and repurposes the images as home décor.
INSIDEHOOK
FOR ART WITH A PEDIGREE
The Selects Gallery, just launched in February, is a repository of fine art photography pulled from the archives of incredible fashion and lifestyle photographers from around the world. Order and customize frames in a click.