Richard Gadd
Looking at Photographs: An Analysis of Photographic Masterpieces.
October 6, 2009

Surveying the history of photography Richard will show and discuss some of the most expensive photographs ever to come to public auction.  Covering many of the Master Photographers from the nineteenth and twentieth century he will evaluate some of the prints that have sold for more than one million dollars.  Looking at the time and place in history when these great image were created he will take apart the layers that help make a photograph so desirable and talk about why Museums around the world are building photographic collections to complement their major painting and sculpture collections.

Richard Gadd is a fine art photography expert with over 25 years of museum & fine art gallery experience, and is the director of the Weston Photography Gallery in Carmel.

Richard is an authority on 19th, 20th, 21st century fine art photography. His expertise includes extensive knowledge of archival conservation and preservation methods, care and handling of rare prints, and collection management.

Richard enjoys building relationships with collectors, connoisseurs, artists and other professionals in museums and educational institutions.

He is experienced in exhibition design and gallery management. His education includes the Getty Museum Institute, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the Museum of American Art, Reynolda House.

Richard worked as the Curator of Photography at the Monterey Museum of Art for 9 years, following which he became the Executive Director of the museum until 2004, a total of 18 years with MMA.

The Weston Gallery is the oldest and most respected gallery of its kind, a world leader in the field of fine vintage and contemporary photography.

Richard's specialties are the buying, selling, and displaying fine art photography