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HOW TO START A PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION - Part 5
The most important buying advice can by summed up in four words: Buy what you love. Even if you found yourself a relatively good deal...
Bill Shapiro
Aug 253 min read


HOW TO START A PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION - Part 4
The most important buying advice can by summed up in four words: Buy what you love. Even if you found yourself a relatively good deal...
Bill Shapiro
Aug 252 min read


HOW TO START A PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION - PART 3
Learn about prints and editions
Once you have a stronger sense of what you like, what might look good in your home, how much you want to ...
Bill Shapiro
Aug 252 min read


HOW TO START A PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION - Part 2
Before you start hitting the galleries or apps, take a little time and try to define for yourself what sparks you. The photography market...
Bill Shapiro
Aug 253 min read


HOW TO START A PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION - PART 1
A few years after I moved to New York City, and once I finally had a little spare change in my pocket, I strolled into a gallery I’d never .
Bill Shapiro
Aug 252 min read


The Man Who Walks the Ice: An interview with photographer Ragnar Axelsson
Axelsson has been working in the most remote regions of the Arctic for decades, documenting the effects of our changing climate on the environment and on the people who live there.
Bill Shapiro
4 days ago2 min read


BILL SHAPIRO ON LIFE MAGAZINE, PHOTO EDITING AND THE FUTURE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Video interview conducted by EYESHOT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmhYAH-NCyg
BluePhoto Editors
Aug 221 min read


Let's Talk about Photo Books: Part 1
By Bill Shapiro For the last few years, I’ve been helping photographers make their photo books. So it’s probably not surprising that when...
Bill Shapiro
Aug 224 min read


Meet this Photographer: Norman Mauskopf
How many photographers do you know who started their career as an economist at the Federal Reserve Board?
Bill Shapiro
Sep 21, 20242 min read


Meet this Photographer: The Photography of Joseph Michael Lopez
I’ve seen, like, a million books that try to capture the spirit of New York City, but I was really taken by Joseph Michael Lopez’s new book
Bill Shapiro
Sep 21, 20241 min read


Meet this Photographer: Dr. Greg Gulbransen
Some of you may have read the recent story in the New Yorker about Dr. Greg Gulbransen (@greggulbransenpeds). If you haven’t, it’s...
Bill Shapiro
Sep 4, 20242 min read
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