When enjoying an exhibition, gallery clients often ask me which image is best to collect? When surrounded by work you love, sometimes deciding which image to take home and live with can feel overwhelming. One answer is to start with the work you most respond to and build a portfolio of that particular series by that artist, but most collectors we work with prefer some diversity in their collection. My best advice still circles back to our blog post on collecting photography – buy what you love.
Some might come to find that they have a personal connection with the image – say a dirt road that takes them back to childhood, others might be operating purely on intuition and others on a certain aesthetics in mind. Part of the benefit of working at photo-eye Gallery is being surrounded by captivating images on a daily basis. This gives us the chance to live with the work – which is helpful in developing our own personal collecting strategy – and helping others find theirs.
In honor of our current exhibition, Tempest, this month we have turned our focus to Mitch Dobrowner and are recommending our favorite of his unique stormy landscapes.
– Anne Kelly, Gallery Director


