Art + Commerce Image Archive Offers Prints for Sale
Leading agency celebrates new initiative with an installation and event in New York.
Art + Commerce, the preeminent agency representing the world’s most distinguished image makers, celebrated an installation of Flora Olbiensis, a suite of photographs by Erwan Frotin, at an event on Thursday, June 26th. Frotin’s exuberant portraits of tiny wild flowers found in the fields and forests around the Villa Noailles in Hyères, France, resonate with the Surrealist history of the location.
“I had to put myself in the flower state of mind for quite some time,” the artist recalled, speaking of the process of creating his beautiful wild flower prints. “Luckily, when I was shooting in the south of France, I had a good expert to take me around and notice all the little treasures.”
Jim Moffat of Art + Commerce said of the initiative: “We are excited to present Erwan Frotin’s installation of Flora Olbiensis and to extend the reach of these striking images by offering prints for sale on our web site. We hope that this will be the first of a number of events at Art + Commerce.”
The Art + Commerce Image Archive – a collection of photographs available for advertising, editorial and special projects – offers unprecedented access to some of the most significant photographers of our time: key figures in contemporary photography (Steven Meisel, Craig McDean); the estates of important artists (Robert Mapplethorpe, Guy Bourdin); and the work of leading editorial and commercial photographers working today (Ellen von Unwerth, Sølve Sundsbø). The Image Archive helps companies find powerful, innovative ways to communicate using images.
Art + Commerce represents a diverse group of image makers including: photographers, stylists, hair stylists, makeup artists, creative directors, and an illustrator. Projects include editorial and advertising assignments as well as longer-term independent projects in film, photography and other media.
