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 ( Monday, 03 January 2011 15:40 )
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'.
