Dmitri, Ivan. Photography in the Fine Arts. Museum Directors' Selections for the 1965 New York World's Fair Exhibition. By Ivan Dmitri.

PFA, 1965.  [Catalog for N.Y. World's Fair PFA exhibit at Kodak pavillion. Includes portraits by Yousuf Karsh and of Karsh at work by Dmitri, checklist, 20 other photographic illustrations by Richard Avedon, Bert Stern, John Brook, Cornell Capa, Elliot Erwitt, Ernst Haas, Philippe Halsman, Karsh, Inge Morath, Arnold Newman, Irving Penn, John Szarkowski, Brett Weston, et al. Near fine, wraps, some foxing on rear cover. Summary:

Photography in the Fine Arts: Museum Directors' Selections for the 1965 New York World's Fair Exhibition(1965), edited by photographer Levon West under his famous pseudonym Ivan Dmitri, is an exhibition catalog produced for a major national showcase at the 1965 New York World's Fair. The volume serves as the institutional record for a landmark initiative created by Dmitri's Photography in the Fine Arts (PFA) organization to establish photography as a recognized branch of fine art.

Key Details & Highlights

• Publisher & Scope: Published in 1965 by Photography in the Fine Arts as a 48-page catalog featuring 139 works by 106 prominent international and American photographers.

• Institutional Jurors: Includes portraits of eleven major U.S. art museum directors who served on the selection panel—photographed by portrait master Yousuf Karsh—alongside commentary on evaluating photography through a fine-art lens.

• Featured Photographers: Presents works across fine art, documentary, and commercial photography, including pieces by Richard Avedon, Bill Brandt, Elliott Erwitt, Arnold Newman, Irving Penn, W. Eugene Smith, and Brett Weston.

• Curatorial Mission: Designed to bypass traditional commercial photo judges by engaging museum directors to validate fine darkroom prints alongside traditional painting and sculpture.

• Cultural Stage: Staged as part of the Kodak Pavilion installation at the New York World's Fair, reaching millions of international visitors to generate mainstream acceptance for fine-art photography.