Swann Auction Catalog. Modern Literature and 19th & 20th Century Photographic Literature. Sale 1663.June 16, 1994. Untitled (Friends of Photography) and spontaneous geometry in the

and spontaneous geometry in the physical world—proving that his lens work was an active way of "thinking" visually rather than just collecting source material

dedicated entirely to the History of Photography in Pennsylvania

a feat of preservation that nearly failed several times due to poverty and accidents

Photos by Richards and text by Richards and from the journals of his late wife Dorothea Lynch

transforming what would otherwise be anonymous

Swann Auction Catalog. Modern Literature and 19th & 20th Century Photographic Literature. Sale 1663.June 16, 1994. Untitled (Friends of Photography) and spontaneous geometry in theFine in wraps, except bidding form filled out on last leaf with 3 bids. 608 lots, selectively illustrated. Including books from the collection of Philip Kaplan, lots 342 608. Prices realized laid in. High lots, $25,300 for a complete run of Camera Notes, 1897 1902, and $12,650 for Camera Work No. 36 with Alfred Stieglitz photographs. Rare photobooks and magazines. Photographers: Berenice Abbott; Ansel Adams; Eugene Atget; Richard Avedon; Margaret