An excerpt from PALMER, Vol 4, Ch. 7, A Life in Pictures by David Campany...
Photography is such a mixed blessing. Billions of images, mostly mundane and ephemeral, fill every corner of our lives. But the volume also includes startling art and some of the most significant social documents of our time. From the ever-growing pile, there are many that are truly worth rescuing, if we can. The task falls to museums and historians, but individual collectors have also played a vital part. Some began collecting well before museums were even interested.
Judy Glickman Lauder has been a dedicated collector of photographs for over half a century. This makes her something of a pioneer. Back in the early 1970s, photo galleries and auctions were rare. Photography was thought to belong to either consumer culture or the family album; the idea that a photograph could be art was baffling to most. Even so, the excitement among a few enthusiasts was palpable. During her post-graduate studies at UCLA, Lauder acquired a photograph by Jerry Uelsmann, and she caught the collecting bug. Slowly, she found her way to the images that really moved her. Even today, when Lauder talks about it, her emotions are as fresh as those captured in the images she treasures.
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