O. Winston Link

"I have been a photography dealer for 44 years. At the same time, for 28 of those years, I taught history and criticism of photography in various graduate programs, including Pratt Institute and NYU. At the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, NY, where I did my graduate work, I was lucky to have studied with Nathan Lyons, and with Beaumont Newhall, the preeminent photographic historian. When I became a dealer, it became clear to me, early on, that my role was to provide my clients with education, as well as photographs. Education was my gallery’s mission, as much as finding great work and selling it. We have offered Collector’s Seminars for over 40 years, and there are a good number of dealers who started off by taking one of our Seminars. Having something pertinent to say about what I was offering appealed to my buyers and kept them coming back. This is true of me, but also true about many members of AIPAD, and a good reason why Sotheby's was willing to produce this auction, for us, and, of course, for you.

In Hotshot, Eastbound, in scenic rural Virginia, we have a nexus point of three modes of transportation: trains, planes and automobiles, all within 25 yards of each other. Here is the true American dream in motion — freedom and power. The picture is set in a drive-in theater, where you don’t even have to leave your car to watch the show. The travel possibilities are endless, as are the snuggles. The Buick convertible in the foreground is O. Winston Link’s own car. The thing that turns this fantasy into reality is the lighting — a key feature of Link’s nighttime train adventures. The small round black circles that run along the track embankment are Link’s slave flash units that fire all at once when the shutter is released. In a way, they are the struts holding up the whole picture." - Alan Klotz

Alan Klotz Gallery (formerly Photocollect, Inc.) has dealt in fine 19th and 20th century, and vintage photography, as well as presenting emerging contemporary and mid-career work. Their mission is to be a reliable source of information on the medium of photography and collecting the same.  Alan Klotz Gallery is a founding member of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD).