Since I lived in NYC and left in 2002, I have been back 5 times adhering to the same travel formula at this time of the year. Its become something of a ritual, traveling to NYC and staying with my friend Harvey Zucker in Soho. I visit old friends and colleagues – this year it was Jerry Spagnoli (pictured with a recent whole plate of his) and the Photo people at the Metropolitan museum of art where I used to work (pictured holding a case I made for the collection there) .
After New York I head off to the annual Daguerreian Society meeting which is in a different US city each year but follows the same formula. This year was different though, my table at the trade fair was full with my Daguerreotypes in my cases, not just the cases for sale. I sold 6 of mine and sales of contemporary daguerreotypes were well up this year signaling what I think will be a good year ahead for the genre
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