This selection of Asian photography was drawn from the booths at Paris Photo 2023. For further background on how and why this “collection” was formed, and the structure of the resulting slideshow, visit the introductory page (here). This collection consists of 20 works made by Asian photographers between roughly 1930 and the present. Competition was similarly tough to join this group, with well recognized names like Nobuyoshi Araki, Shin Yanigasawa, Shohei Nishino, Eikoh Hosoe, Miho Kajioka, Pixy Liao, and others ultimately left off the team, but the overall “collection” feels somewhat more uneven than the other three, perhaps in terms ... Read more at Collector Daily.

JTF (just the facts): Published in 2021 by Imageless Press (here). Cloth hardcover, 10.5 x 10.5 inches, with tipped in cover photograph, in a cardboard slip case. 84 pages, with 40 color reproductions, and a brief essay by the artist. Captions and texts in Chinese and English. In an edition of 1000 copies. (Cover and spread shots below.)... Read more at Collector Daily.

Yesterday morning, we published our Part 3 booth-by-booth summary of Paris Photo in the hazy wake of the frightening terrorist attacks here in Paris, not entirely sure of what was happening in the city or of what might come next. A day later, we now know that as part of a national period of mourning for the victims, all of the public buildings throughout the area will remain closed, including the Grand Palais. So the fair is closed, and will not reopen. In the context of what has gone on here, the stubborn desire not to let the terrorists change our lives even one ... Read more at Collector Daily.