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Subject: [Leica] PESO: bad photo? - just print it big
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2015 19:28:10 +0530
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Nathan,
I know exactly what you conveyed. That sentiment, of it being considered
art, has nothing to do with the size it was printed - that is just a
strategy to charge more (most artists below the top couple of rungs charge
by square inch/cm) - it is just considered art because of the marketing
savvy of the photographer! Remember, pricing in the art world is ONLY based
on what the market will bear. Not very different from Leica/Rolex/Montblanc
and all the other luxury marques, coming to think of it...:-)
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Guys, I think you both missed the point of my posting. Of course Monk was
> a genius. That is not what I questioned. His statement is sarcasm, a joke.
> But when it comes to photography, size seems to do the trick, I will never
> forget a photo by Sherman I once saw?just some puke on the ground, not even
> sharp. But because it was printed HUGE, it was apparently considered Art
> and was hanging in an art gallery. Emperor?s new clothes and all that.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
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> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
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> YNWA
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> > On 05 Jul 2015, at 10:24, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> 
> > wrote:
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> > I am with Jayanand on both counts, Monk and small prints. Talking of
> jazz I have often quoted from the Eric and Ernie show when talking to jazz
> musicians ?I am playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the
> right order? ?
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> > Gerry
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> > Gerry Walden
> > 023 8046 3076
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> >> On 5 Jul 2015, at 07:00, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> Seen in Aarhus last week:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/aarhus/20150628-_1000902.jpg.html
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> >> I immediately replaced ?louder? with ?larger? and thought of
> photography, e.g. Cindy Sherman.
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> >> Cheers,
> >> Nathan
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> >> Nathan Wajsman
> >> Alicante, Spain
> >> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
> >> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
> >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
> >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
> >> YNWA
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