AIPAD 2025

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I had the good fortune to be in NY City last week on a consulting gig and was able to get to the Park Avenue Armory for the annual AIPAD show, checking off another item on my bucket list. AIPAD is the Association of International Photography Art Dealers, and what a show they put on!

Where else could I have seen original Matthew Brady, Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, and Richard Avedon prints alongside some of the most collectable photographic artists currently working. Vintage prints, unusual substrates, inventive techniques, and a sense of the market were all on display. Having know about this show, but never attended, I was overwhelmed with the amount and variety of images, and was able to incorporate some of what I saw into presentations this month on Experimental Photography (going back 100 years in some cases) and on the History of Photography. Snippets of those coming soon(ish) to this blog, but below see some of the work that was shown. Apologies for the poor quality of cell phone pics, but it should give you an idea of what was on display. Times 100. I’ll be back on April 22-27, 2026, and likely every year I can make it while still upright!