Confidence in the Photography Market reaches new heights. According to the latest result from the ArtTactic Photography Market Confidence Survey, the confidence in the Modern and Contemporary Photography market increased by 9.2% from May 2012, and currently stands at 69 (any reading above 50 implies that there is more positive sentiment than negative in the market place). In terms of market direction in the next 6 months, 92% of the experts surveyed believe the Modern Photography market will go up (versus 50% in May 2012), a further 8% think it...

Confidence in the Photography market jumps 38% as the market weathers economic crisis The confidence in the Modern and Contemporary Photography market increased by 38% from October 2011, and currently stands at 63. This is above the 50 level, which indicates that there is more positive market sentiment than negative. Both the Modern and Contemporary photography markets have seen a significant lift in confidence. The Modern Photography Market Confidence Indicator increased by 8%, from 70 in October 2011 to 75 in May 2012. This is the highest rea...

William Eggleston was born in 1939 in Memphis, Tennessee and although he was interested in visual media from a young age, his interest in photography developed when a university friend gave him a Leica camera. Eggleston’s early aesthetic influences were the photographs of Robert Frank and Henri Cartier-Bresson’s book The Decisive Moment.

Economic woes hit confidence in the Photography market ArtTactic's Market Confidence Surveys provide in-depth analysis of market confidence based on data gathered from ArtTactic's network of industry professionals and tastemakers. The surveys also include unique analytic tools including a risk and speculation barometer, as well as short/long term confidence indicators for specific artists from the sector. ArtTactic latest Photography Art Market Confidence Indicator drops 33% from March 2011, on the back of further deterioration in the global ec...