[Leica] RE Cost of pictures

[Tina Manley]

That wouldn't work for me!!  I currently have 10,000 images with my largest
stock agency.  I'm lucky if they sell 10 a month!  Prices for stock have
gone from an average of $500 per sale to $20 per sale.  If I didn't have
digital and had to pay for film, I would never be able to afford my Leicas!!

Tina

On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 12:20 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin via LUG <
lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> As a point of interest, the latest issue of Science magazine, the journal
> of the AAAS, reports on the annual number of photographs taken. “In the
> early 1800s, the first ever photograph was taken, an unassuming picture
> that required days of exposure to obtain a very grainy image. Over one
> million photos were taken during the US Civil war of which 100,000 survive.
> In the late 1800s, photography was used for the first time to see the
> movement of a running horse that was too fast for the human eye. In the
> following years photography played a pivotal role in human history, ranging
> from creation of the national parks in the USA all the way to documenting
> NASA’s first moon mission  In the 1900s, roughly 10 billion photographs
> were taken per year. Facilitated by the explosion of the internet, we will
> approach 2 trillion images this year - roughly about 1000 images per year
> for every person on the planet.”
>
> As a frequent reviewer of art and photo shows in the TriState area I have
> noticed several results of this plethora of images. First, figurative
> images are almost impossible to sell. Unless directly ordered by the
> recipient (i.e. a portrait or picture at ones children or a prized
> possession) the chance of selling any image approaches zero. Second, we
> have run out of wall space to exhibit images. It is virtually impossible to
> book a display space unless reserved far in advance. Modern houses have too
> many windows and too little blank wall space.
>
> I can conceive on only one simple fix for too many images. Raise the cost
> to at least one USD per exposure. Use film instead of digital. Currently it
> costs only pennies to take and print a picture. At current rates a year’s
> worth of photos requires only a few dollars of expense. The price of a new
> Leica kit is  thousands of times more expensive. Does anyone have a more
> sensible solution?
>
> Larry Z
>
>
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