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AIPAD 2025 : Photography Fast Forward During Resilient Times

Taína Franco Klein, Valley ( Self portrait ), 2019 from the series Proceed To The Route. Archival pigment print. Courtesy of Yancey Richardson Gallery

By RUBEN NATAL-SAN MIGUEL April 25, 2025

A newer and fresher edition of The Photography Show 2025, The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) has just opened at The Park Avenue Armory - April 23-27.

During these current challenging times AIPAD is showing a very strong front with a lot of resilience and the photographs to push through.

This year the fair is far more improved by locating the photography book section in the same room as the gallery booths, providing a greater spatial sequential and visual continuity. You can see some of the photographs displayed on the walls and then displayed in book format a mere stone's throw away.

The fair itself felt smaller but, "Less is More" in terms of quality and content. After all, AIPAD is where the most classic traditional photography meets the best contemporary and "of the moment" works.

So… Let’s get on with some of the highlights!

Hellen van Meene, Untitled #543, 2021. Archival pigment print, 16 x 16 inches. Courtesy of Yancey Richardson Gallery.

At the Yancey Richardson Gallery booth you can find the most contemporary photography at the moment.

Ruben Natal-San Miguel from Whitehot Magazine gives it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Best Gallery Booth at AIPAD!

Everything in it felt fresh , new, daring and harmoniously well curated. Keep an eye for newcomer Taína Franco Klein! With wonderful self portraits in Mexican locations and landscapes. They are very cinematic and remind me a lot of the wonderful visuals, color pallettes and cinematography portrayed in the Emilia Perez movie.

Tania Franco Klein, Positive Disintegration (Self-portrait), 2016, from the series Positive Disintegration. Archival pigment print. Courtesy of Yancey Richardson Gallery. www.yanceyrichardson.com

MariaAntelman, Natural Man, 2021. Archival pigment print, 23 x 36 inches. ©Maria Antelman. Courtesy Yancey Richardson, NewYork

Maria Antelman, Hypnos, 2020. Archival pigment print, 58 x 52 inches. Courtesy YanceyRichardson, New York

Mona Kuhn - Interleaving, Courtesy of Galerie XII

Larry Fink, The Haircut, Hellertown , PA. 2015, Inkjet print, Courtesy of Muus Collection

Larry Fink, Praying Mantis, Martins Creek , PA 1978, Gelatin silver print, Courtesy of Muus Collection, www.muuscollection.com

Melvin Sokolsky, Over New York, 1963, Archival Pigment Print, Courtesy of Staley-Wise Gallery
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Vincent Fournier, Leuchothamnus Aurorae, 2024 Archival Pigment Print Oak Frame and museum glass .
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Robert Calafiore, And Then He Appeared, 2024, Chromogenic Print (Unique), 60 x16 inches, Courtesy of Clampart Gallery
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Cara Romero, The Zenith, 2022, Archival fine art print on legacy platine paper, Courtesy of Scheimbaum & Russek LTD

Sara Sense, Blackbird Braid, 2025, Arches watercolor paper, Hahnemuhle rice paper, Hahnemuhle Bamboo paper, wax, cotton thread, 44 5/8 x 64 1/2 inches
Courtesy of Silverstein Gallery, www.brucesilverstein.com

Patrick Demarchalier, Cindy Crawford, New York, 1990, Silver Gelatin Photograph, 18 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches, Courtesy of Holden Luntz Gallery
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