In the early years of 1900 the Salons de Photographie in Paris were exceptional gatherings. Chic Paris was pampered in beautiful mansions with only one focus: photography, the medium of the future. More than a hundred years later, HUP Gallery continuous this extraordinary tradition and shows a selection of very special photography. Prints from just after the beginning of photography between 1840 and 1850 until the illustrious photo’s of Gerard Fieret. Work from Henri Cartier-Bresson till Robert Capa. A fine collection of big names as well as undiscovered talent. For the second time HUP Gallery presents an incomparable sales exposition in cooperation with guest curator Willem Diepraam. This year the event will take place at the mansion of the gallery at the Tesselschadestraat in Amsterdam. The exposition can be visited from December the 14th until the end of Januari 2009. Work of the following photographers will be shown: Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882-1966) Aart Klein (1909-2001) André Kertész (1894-1985) Bruce Davidson (1933) Ed van der Elsken (1925-1990) Edouard Boubat (1923-1999) Edward Steichen (1879-1973) Eliot Porter (1901-1990) Josef Breitenbach (1896-1984) Gerard Fieret (1924) George Seeley (1880-1955) Henri Cartier Bresson (1908-1999) Heinrich Kühn (1866-1944) James Graig Annan (1864-1946) Jan Saudek (1935) John Havinden (1908-1987) Johan van der Keuken (1938-2001) Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) Marc Riboud (1923) Maurice Tabard (1897-1984) Paul Outerbridge (1896-1958) Piet Zwart (1885-1977) Richard Tepe (1864-1952) Samual Bourne (1834-1912) Victor Guidalevitch (1892-1962) Gerald van der Kaap (1959) Robert Capa (1913-1954) The works, which are all for sale, are selected from different private collections.