Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/26

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Subject: [Leica] Portraits of awkward adolescents posing ...
From: pswango at att.net (Phil Swango)
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:05:02 -0600

Richard Man wrote:
>Are you saying I am close minded? :-)

Not at all.  You seem to be open to the new, go to museums, share your
thoughts, etc.  My own experience was that I was pretty close-minded 20
years ago, but having artist friends, reading, looking, and discussing
ideas with others has let in some fresh air.  The main thing is to be
curious.

>Oh, I don't mind the artsy photographs at all, just that when they go for
>$100,000, it makes you wonder about the Stuffed Shark (worth $12 millions)

Well, there's that, I agree.  I just ran across a book on Amazon that
offers some Freakonomics-style  insights on the business of art markets.
 Actually looks pretty interesting.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Million-Stuffed-Shark-Contemporary/dp/0230610226

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Phil Swango
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