AIPAD On Collecting: How to start collecting fine art photography

This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show.

AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary work that pushes the boundaries of the medium, from April 23 – 27 at The Park Avenue Armory in New York City.

Go to www.aipad.com/show for more information and to plan your visit.

 

The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) encourages public support of fine art photography through education and communication by enhancing the confidence of the public in responsible photography collecting.

First organized in 1979, AIPAD and its current members span the globe with members in North and South America, Australia, Europe and Asia. AIPAD has become a unifying force in the field of photography and is dedicated to creating and maintaining high standards in the business of exhibiting, buying and selling photographs as art.

- AIPAD official website https://www.aipad.com/ - Follow AIPAD on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aipadphoto/ - Talks programme by AIPAD on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@aipadphoto - AIPAD On Collecting Photography guide https://www.aipad.com/collecting

 

Sophie Wright is the Executive Director at Fotografiska New York, a position held since April 2022.

Prior experience includes serving as Global Cultural Director at Magnum Photos from October 2003 to October 2020, where responsibilities encompassed developing and delivering global cultural programs, business development, and managing large-scale sales initiatives.

Sophie Wright also worked as a Creative Consultant at Sophie Wright Consulting from 2002 to July 2011, focusing on strategy and communication for creative projects. Earlier roles include Deputy Editor and Gallery Manager at PLUK Magazine and Witness Gallery, and Non-Executive Director/Project Manager at MMAN Ltd.

Sophie Wright holds a BA in Modern History from the University of Oxford and an MA in Art History from The Courtauld Institute of Art.

- Fotografiska Global official website https://www.fotografiska.com/ - Follow Sophie Wright on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wrightsophie/ and Fotografiska Global https://www.instagram.com/fotografiska/ - Fotografiska talks and presentations on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@fotografiska.global

 

Andra Russek is a certified member of the Appraisers Association of America specializing in the field of fine art photography.

She has been working in her field since 2000 when she became the assistant in the conservation department at the George Eastman House, Museum of Photography.  She continued her work at Swann Galleries, New York as a Specialist from 2002 – 2005.

In 2005 she joined the Photographs Department at Sotheby’s New York as a Specialist/Senior Cataloguer. In her role at both auction houses she catalogued and valued photographs for four to six sales per year. At Sotheby’s she worked on important sales including Important Photographs from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Including Works from the Gilman Paper Company Collection and Photographs from the Private Collection of Margaret W. Weston.

Andra is currently the Director of Scheinbaum & Russek Ltd., a gallery specializing in 20th century and contemporary photography.