[Leica] Photo awards etc

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

WOW! What an auction.

These are what I would buy, for investment, affordability and personal
preference.

Actually, my first choice would be this Salgado photograph, especially in
the age of coronavirus. This station handles 8-10 million commuters a day
when at full throttle, and this picture is just a perfect symbolic capture!

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/photographs-2/sebastiao-salgado-churchgate-station-india

Both these HCB classics seem good value, relative to some of the crazy
prices there:

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/photographs-2/henri-cartier-bresson-siphnos-greece

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/photographs-2/henri-cartier-bresson-on-the-banks-of-the-marne

This because, well, it is Gene Smith:

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/photographs-2/w-eugene-smith-dance-of-the-flaming-coke

Finally, this very Vermeerish scene - well, if you cannot have a Vermeer
original, this is the next best!

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/photographs-2/tom-hunter-the-girl-with-the-glass-of-wine

Cheers
Jayanand





On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 4:47 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Everybody has a personal opinion about what is a good photograph, but,
> sadly, the only way to get yourself enshrined in the pantheon of "The
> Great Photographers" is to have someone pay lots of money for your images.
>
> Is Putin's poodle Dmitry Medvedev a great photographer? Well, someone
> paid $1.7 million for one of his, but the disqualifier is the "someone"
> is an oligarch friend of his, so Dmitry has to go through a few more
> hoops before he gets any credibility, if ever.
>
> Anyway, I used to go to a few photographic auctions in the past so still
> get notifications as the auction houses who live in hope that I might
> win the lottery (mind you, I do live in hope too). Here's a link to a
> current one below, and it's interesting to see the prices of some famous
> photographs. Of course, I'm aware that art and photographic art is just
> a way of storing money outside of other markets, and I expect the prices
> at this auction and many others to come to be compressed by the current
> plague, lack of liquidity, and fear.
>
> So, if you're feeling brave, and maybe have just won the lottery, you
> could make a killing. In any case, you'll have a chance to have a look
> at some interesting images.
>
> https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/photographs-2?locale=en
>
> Tell us what your favourite is.
>
> Douglas
>
>
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