Swann Auction Catalog. Photographic Literature & Fine Photographs. December 8, 2009. Sale 2199. Untitled (Friends of Photography) Pamphlet issued for exhibit

Pamphlet issued for exhibit

Finkel provides an unvarnished window into 19th-century life while validating these early chemical prints as indispensable primary documents central to the history of American visual culture

Published by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Victoria & Albert Museum to accompany a landmark 1972 exhibition

A major focus of the text is how photography quickly became an instrument of institutional power

A dedicated mentor

Swann Auction Catalog. Photographic Literature & Fine Photographs. December 8, 2009. Sale 2199. Untitled (Friends of Photography) Pamphlet issued for exhibitFine in wraps. 422 lots, illustrated. Prices realized list laid in. High lot, $360,000, for an Ansel Adams "Moonrise." Rare Books and Collectible Photographs. Photographers: Berenice Abbott; Ansel Adams; Robert Adams; Noboyushi Araki; Eugene Atget; Ruth Bernhard; Brassai; Manuel Alvarez Bravo; Harry Callahan; Robert Capa; Henri Cartier Bresson; Edward S. Curtis; Roy DeCarava; Alfred Eisenstaedt; Walker Evans; Andreas Feininger; Lee Friedlander; David