ART FARE

Gallery owners and their staff are usually hidden behind large entry desks and closed office doors. But at the major art fairs I've visited, like New York's Armory Show and Art Basel in Miami and Switzerland, they're in plain view in their booths. As if on stage, you can see art dealers meeting with collectors, selling and negotiating, talking on cell phones, working on laptops. I found the lighting, costumes, and set design excellent for photographing these living dioramas, where the art world plays itself.

The photographs in this series were taken from 2009-2011 in New York, Miami and Basel, Switzerland.