Yet by the turn of the century, when anyone could take a snapshot with their lightweight Kodak, the seemingly secure position of the photograph among art collectibles was again changing.
At least that's what her father, Canadian retail billionaire Galen Weston, believed when he offered his then-31-year-old-daughter, a one-time contemporary art critic for the Daily Telegraph, the position of creative director at Selfridges, one of London's most notable department stores.