Photographs

Contact

• New York

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    Darius Himes

    International Head of Department

    Darius Himes

    International Head of Department

    dhimes@christies.com+1 212 636 2324

    Having joined Christie’s in the Fall of 2014, Himes is responsible for setting and implementing a global strategy for the department and managing the international team. He is based in New York, and brings with him a rich knowledge of the history of the medium, with a keen interest in the contemporary market. Most recently Himes was director of Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco. Prior to that, he was a co-founder of Radius Books, a non-profit publisher of books on art and photography, and a founding editor of photo-eye Booklist, a quarterly magazine devoted to photography books. A widely respected lecturer and writer on photography and photobooks, his most recent title, Publish Your Photography Book, was co-authored and published in 2011. He received his Masters of Arts from St. John's College and his Bachelor of Fine Art’s degree in Photography from Arizona State University. Himes also lived in Haifa, Israel, where he oversaw and worked with a permanent collection of over 50,000 photographic objects drawn primarily from the Near and Middle East and dating as early as the 1870s.

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    Joslin Van Arsdale

    Associate Vice President, Specialist

    Joslin Van Arsdale

    Associate Vice President, Specialist

    JVanArsdale@christies.com+1 212 636 2326

    Joslin Van Arsdale serves as an Associate Vice President, Specialist in the Photographs department. Joslin joined Christie’s as a Specialist in New York in the Spring of 2020. She started her career as a Gallery Director at photo-eye gallery in 2003 and has over 15 years of auction, consulting and gallery experience in post-war and contemporary photography. Prior to joining Christies, Joslin served as head of photographs for a well-known online auction house. She holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Photography from University of Colorado, Boulder and a Master’s Degree in Textiles from Goldsmith’s, University of London.

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    Rebecca Jones

    Associate Vice President, Specialist, Head of Sale

    Rebecca Jones

    Associate Vice President, Specialist, Head of Sale

    rjones@christies.com+1 212 636 2567

    Rebecca Jones is an Associate Specialist and the Head of Sale in the Photographs department in New York. In her current role, Rebecca helps source and appraise photographs for all upcoming international Photographs auctions. She oversees the research and cataloguing for all photographs confirmed for auction and private sales in New York.
    
    Before joining Christie’s Photographs department in 2015, she served as the Archive Manager of the Peter Hujar Archive in New York. She also previously held a position as the Registrar for a prestigious private collection of Contemporary, Post-War and Modern art located across several residences throughout the world.
    
    Rebecca holds a BA degree from The Corcoran College of Art and Design and an MA degree in Art History from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

• Paris

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    Elodie Morel-Bazin

    Head of Department, Europe

    Elodie Morel-Bazin

    Head of Department, Europe

    emorel-bazin@christies.com+33 (0)1 40 76 84 16

    Elodie Morel-Bazin is the European Head of the Photography department, based in Paris. Prior to joining Christie’s in 2005, Elodie has accumulated a wealth of experience and expertise in the post-war and contemporary art category first in a Parisian gallery, followed by six years at another international auction house.
    
    Specialising in 19th century, modern and contemporary photography, Elodie was instrumental in the inception of the Photography department at Christie’s Paris. She played a significant role in the success of many distinguished private collection sales, including the Richard Avedon Foundation Collection, the most important auction in France at the time, the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation sale in 2011, achieving a record for the artist with Derrière la Gare Saint-Lazare (€433,000), the Irving Penn Private Collection in 2011, a collection of daguerreotypes by Girault de Prangey in 2015 and the Collection of Thomas Koerfer in 2017, where Man Ray’s Noire et Blanche set a new world auction record any classic photographs (€2,688,750).
    
    Elodie launched the highly successful Icons & Style auction series in 2014, dedicated to iconic fashion and contemporary works. Appointed to her current position in 2018, she regularly gives lectures and conferences in Europe on the category. Elodie is fluent in French and English.
    
    Basée à Paris, Elodie Morel-Bazin est la responsable européenne du département photographie. Avant de rejoindre Christie's en 2005, Elodie a accumulé une multitude d'expériences et de l'expertise dans le domaine de l'art d'après-guerre et contemporain d'abord dans une galerie parisienne, puis pendant six ans dans une autre maison de vente aux enchères internationale.
    
    Spécialisée dans la photographie du XIXème siècle, moderne et contemporaine, Elodie a joué un rôle déterminant dans la création du département Photographie de Christie's Paris. Elle a également eu un rôle important dans le succès de nombreuses ventes de collections privées de renom, dont la collection de la Fondation Richard Avedon, la plus importante vente aux enchères en France à l'époque, la vente de la Fondation Cartier-Bresson en 2011, atteignant un record pour l'artiste avec Derrière la Gare Saint-Lazare (€433,000), la collection privée Irving Penn en 2011, une collection de daguerréotypes par Girault de Prangey en 2015 et la collection de Thomas Koerfer en 2017, où Noire et Blanche de Man Ray a réalisé un nouveau record mondial d'enchères pour de la photographie classique (€2,688,750).
    
    Elodie a inauguré avec succès la série de ventes aux enchères Icons & Style en 2014, consacrée à la mode emblématique et aux œuvres contemporaines. Nommée à son poste actuel en 2018, elle donne régulièrement des cours et des conférences en Europe sur le sujet. Elodie parle couramment français et anglais.

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    Fannie Bourgeois

    Specialist, Head of Sale

    Fannie Bourgeois

    Specialist, Head of Sale

    fbourgeois@christies.com+33 (0)1 40 76 84 41

    Fannie Bourgeois is the Head of Sale in the Photographs department at Christie’s in Paris. She joined Christie’s in 2016 and since then, she has been responsible for many notable successes for the category, including for Richard Misrach Untitled #328-02 selling for a record-breaking US$125,000 in 2019 and the exceptional results for the 2019 Photographies sale, which totalled €2.8 million.
    
    Fannie holds a master’s degree in Art History, and began her career as a photographs expert at Piasa an auction house in Paris, overseeing sales, exhibitions and valuations. In 2013 she participated in curating the exhibition Brassaï, pour l’amour de Paris at the Hôtel de ville de Paris.
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    Fannie Bourgeois est co-responsable des vente du département Photographie chez Christie’s à Paris. Elle a rejoint Christie's en 2016 et a depuis a été à l'origine de nombreux succès notables dans le domaine, notamment pour Richard Misrach Untitled # 328-02 vendu pour un record de 125 000 $ US en 2019 et le résultat exceptionnel de la vente de Photographies 2019, qui s'élève à 2,8 millions d'euros. Fannie est titulaire d'une maîtrise en histoire de l'art et a commencé sa carrière comme experte en photographie chez Piasa, une maison de vente aux enchères à Paris, supervisant les ventes, les expositions et les évaluations. En 2013, elle a participé en tant que commissaire à l'exposition Brassaï, pour l'amour de Paris à l'Hôtel de ville de Paris.

• London

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    Jude Quinn

    Senior Specialist

    Jude Quinn

    Senior Specialist

    jquinn@christies.com+44 (0)207 752 3369

    Jude Quinn is Senior Specialist in the Photographs Department in London, joining the team in 2011. Since then Jude has worked on numerous auctions New York, Paris and London, recently launching Masterpieces of Design and Photography. Closely involved with the sale of many important private collections, she has also helped develop the department’s digital sales, curated exhibitions and speaks regularly on the subject of collecting photographs.