JK Lavin, Eye 1, 1977, Courtesy the artist and Alta Vista Arts- Charlotte Jansen Photo London 2024
Photography is so ubiquitous, so ever present in a digital age with billions of images shared online each day. Markets tend to overcorrect but is it this ubiquity that has seen the monetary value for contemporary photography dim over the last few years?
Ahead of Photo London 2024, AWITA and PHOTO LONDON guests join Brandei Estes, Director of Chaussee 36 Photography the Director of the Veritas Centre for Photography, cultural producer Arianna Nourse and co-chair of the Photography Acquisitions Committee of the V&A Dominique Levy to discuss whether now is the time for a photography renaissance, its potent storytelling possibilities and the future of the medium.
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Brandei Estes is the Director of Chaussee 36 Photography and the Director of the Veritas Centre for Photography. She has 20-plus years of experience in the primary and secondary markets and was Head of Photographs, EMEA at Sotheby's for 10 years. She previously worked in photography and contemporary galleries in London and Paris. Brandei is a regular judge and nominator for photographic prizes and competitions, and lectures throughout the year on collecting photographs and the photography market for public and private institutions, museums, galleries and fairs in the UK and continental Europe.
Arianna Nourse is an internationally-engaged cultural producer whose practice centres on complicating our expectations around race, hybridity and self-construction. As the first ever Black female specialist in contemporary art and photography at Phillips auction house, Nourse produced myriad auctions and exhibitions over the span of seven years between New York and London. Long committed to visual artists of the African diasporas as a dealer and curator, Nourse has placed work by Alberta Whittle, Igshaan Adams, Vivian E Browne, Leyla Faye, Sedrick, Sanou Oumar, Qualeasha Wood, Janiva Ellis, and many others. For over a decade, she has advised on a private collection of iconic photographs, acquiring key works by Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Richard Billingham, and more. Nourse is on Frieze Art Fair’s Frieze 91 Committee, and is a member of the invitational Black female art dealing group, Entre Nous.
Dominique Levy is the Non-Executive Chairman of CDAM, an independent, employee-owned global equity boutique. Dominique began her career in 1998 trading cash shares in the Equities Division of Goldman Sachs. She moved to the buy-side in 2002 as a senior analyst at Liberty Square Asset Management in Boston before leaving to found Sonian Capital Management. Dominique is also a Non-Executive Director of Leonardo S.p.A., (LDO IM), one of Europe’s largest aerospace, defence, and security companies. She holds a BA in Film Studies from Wesleyan University and an MBA from Columbia. She is an avid collector of contemporary and vintage photography and serves as co-chair of the Photography Acquisitions Committee of the V&A in London.
Photo London brings the finest international photography to the British capital every year. The ninth edition of the Fair, returns at Somerset House from 16th – 19th May and previewing on 15th May. The Fair presents the best historic and vintage works while also spotlighting fresh perspectives in photography. Along with a selection of the world’s leading photography dealers and galleries, Photo London’s Discovery section is dedicated to the most exciting emerging galleries and artists. In addition, each edition sees a unique Public Programme including special exhibitions and installations; and several Awards announced, headlined by the Photo London Master of Photography Award.
