Aesthetic De-commodification Project

Many of the assemblages featured on this site are available to collectors interested in the work. However, beginning in 2026, I will no longer make them available for (monetary) purchase. Instead, in order to obtain one of these assemblages, the interested collector must contact me personally through the United States Postal Service. In other words, anyone who wishes to possess one of these assemblages must write a letter requesting the work. I will ask that the “purchaser” hand write or type the letter on onion skin paper, and include a detailed explanation of why the “purchaser” wishes to “own” the work. 

For further details concerning the requirements of this non-monetary “purchase” of the artwork, please contact me here (use the subject heading: ADcP Inquiry): cassanophotography@gmail.com

Provisions: 

1. Any work or works committed to gallery shows are not available; 
2. This purchase arrangement only applies to wall mounted assemblages (not prints, books, or codices); 
3. Institutions, curators, dealers, and gallery owners are not eligible for this arrangement; 
4. The artist has specific requirements for any potential “purchaser,” and reserves the right to refuse sales if the requirements are not met; 
5. The “purchaser” is not responsible for any (monetary) price or fee for the artwork itself, but is responsible for standard shipping costs. 

The art world is driven by capital. So much for the obvious. What then, for artists, and for audiences, who find their work and lives corrupted by commodification? A return to community, to the bonds we’ve nearly forgotten. My work lives with my friends. 

Graham Cassano 

October 2025

Image: "600" (2025)

silver gelatin print with broken glass photogram

7"x5"