We have not had time to update the website much over the course of the past few months, but we'll try to keep the website as much up to date as we can again after summer. One of the main reasons for our inactivity was the archiving of our increasing library of photobooks. Over the last years the ICM got hold of a rather large book collection and we have just now started to organise it: our reference library is accessible now.
Consequently, the books that have become redundant to the ICM, are displayed in our little photobook-shop, which you will be greeted with upon entering the gallery now. The majority of these books will also be uploaded to Antiqbook for very reasonable prices and, we consider this as our 'outlet', Marktplaats.nl. So we would like to invite you to have a look at either Antiqbook or Marktplaats or come by our gallery if you would like to examine our book collection hands-on.
Following are the links to the ICM at both websites:
Attention: the ICM will be closed from wednesday July 28th until thursday September 2nd.
See you after summer!
the ICM Team
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 14 July 2010 14:16 )
Introduction
Founded in 2000 the Institute for Concrete Matter administers the Troost/Krantz photo-collection. This huge variety of vintage photographs is compiled as an archive with emphasis on anonymous and applied forms of photographic beauty. By means of selling and collecting photographs, curating exhibitions and offering efficient picture-research services, we aim to execute our philosophy of dynamic curatorship and thus guarantee our visitors a continuous journey through the history of photographic imagery.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 29 December 2009 16:00 )
Collection
At this time the ICM-stock consists over 60000 vintage images varying from snapshot & vernacular to highly professional applications of the medium, covering the 19th (>1850) and 20th (1960<) century. Most classic techniques and formats are represented. In order to serve our visitor's preferences, all photographs and objects in the gallery are primarily archived according depicted subject matter (SFA-CoDeC). This to guarantee immediate subject-wise access to our stock.
*Although we strongly recommend, like it is with any work of art, to be hesistant buying photographes only by their pixelized looks, the ICM acknowledges the existential necessity of the web. When creating this site we decided to stay close to the authentic archival consistency of the Troost/Krantz collection and be as accurate as possible in our item-descriptions and professional valuation of the object offered for sale: images appear untrimmed and unaltered after scan with detailed information on 'tecs' and 'specs'.
