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On this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we welcome collector, curator, author, and educator W.M. Hunt. Part of the incredible photography collection Hunt has acquired over the years is being auctioned by the famed Christies auction house, and Hunt joins us to chat about the genesis of his collection, that hard-to-define attraction to an image that inspires a purchase, and his hopes for the current sale.
The collection that Hunt is selling is called "The Unseen Eye: Photos from the W.M. Hunt Collection," and it includes photographs by Richard Avedon, Sally Mann, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Robert Mapplethorpe, Henri Cartier-Bresson, a veritable Who's-Who of photography of the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection was given its name because each of the photos has subjects whose eyes are obscured in some way, and we discuss why Hunt decided to collect such an eclectic group of images.
Hunt is also an author and educator, and we discuss the numerous monographs he has written, how to "let a picture find you," and the visceral difference between a good and a great photograph. Join us for this insightful and fun episode.
Guest: W.M. Hunt
Photograph © Duane Michals, from "The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection", Courtesy of W.M. Hunt and Christies America
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On this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we welcome collector, curator, author, and educator W.M. Hunt. Part of the incredible photography collection Hunt has acquired over the years is being auctioned by the famed Christies auction house, and Hunt joins us to chat about the genesis of his collection, that hard-to-define attraction to an image that inspires a purchase, and his hopes for the current sale.
The collection that Hunt is selling is called "The Unseen Eye: Photos from the W.M. Hunt Collection," and it includes photographs by Richard Avedon, Sally Mann, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Robert Mapplethorpe, Henri Cartier-Bresson, a veritable Who's-Who of photography of the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection was given its name because each of the photos has subjects whose eyes are obscured in some way, and we discuss why Hunt decided to collect such an eclectic group of images.
Hunt is also an author and educator, and we discuss the numerous monographs he has written, how to "let a picture find you," and the visceral difference between a good and a great photograph. Join us for this insightful and fun episode.
Guest: W.M. Hunt
Photograph © Duane Michals, from "The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection", Courtesy of W.M. Hunt and Christies America

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