The rising stars of photography

As Photo London opens on Thursday, ever more young collectors are turning their attention to collection photographic art, says Chris Carter.

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Taryn Simon self-portrait
(Image credit: copyright Taryn Simon)

Next Thursday, gallerists, dealers and collectors of photography will be descending on Somerset House for the annual Photo London fair. This year's headline Master of Photography exhibition honours 42-year-old American Taryn Simon "in recognition of her groundbreaking work". Her centrepiece, Image Atlas (2012), is a work created in collaboration with programmer Aaron Swartz, an activist who committed suicide in 2013, investigating "cultural differences and similarities by indexing top image results for given search terms across local engines throughout the world".

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Chris Carter
Wealth Editor, MoneyWeek

Chris Carter spent three glorious years reading English literature on the beautiful Welsh coast at Aberystwyth University. Graduating in 2005, he left for the University of York to specialise in Renaissance literature for his MA, before returning to his native Twickenham, in southwest London. He joined a Richmond-based recruitment company, where he worked with several clients, including the Queen’s bank, Coutts, as well as the super luxury, Dorchester-owned Coworth Park country house hotel, near Ascot in Berkshire.

Then, in 2011, Chris joined MoneyWeek. Initially working as part of the website production team, Chris soon rose to the lofty heights of wealth editor, overseeing MoneyWeek’s Spending It lifestyle section. Chris travels the globe in pursuit of his work, soaking up the local culture and sampling the very finest in cuisine, hotels and resorts for the magazine’s discerning readership. He also enjoys writing his fortnightly page on collectables, delving into the fascinating world of auctions and art, classic cars, coins, watches, wine and whisky investing.

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