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What We Learned This Week: Photo History Is Disappearing, One Archive at a Time

By David Schonauer   Friday March 21, 2025


Above: Irving Penn’s “Twelve Most Photographed Models,” 1947
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Without a clear plan, a photographer’s archive can become a burden rather than a legacy, leaving heirs — spouses, children or executors — to navigate complex decisions about storage, access and preservation. And as photographers try to find homes for their …


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