Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/10

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Subject: [Leica] Auction results
From: "Erwin Puts" <imxputs@knoware.nl>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 10:55:14 +0100

After discussing WWII and the bombing of Dresden, (neo)nazis, pornography
and a slew of other topics, that are intimately related to the use of Leica
cameras, maybe this list is really off-topic. Below is a list of the top ten
current photographers, as ranked by their combined auction sales.
Cindy Sherman, USA, 1954
Thomas Struth. Germany, 1954
Andreas Gursky, Germany, 1955
Gibert & George, UK, 1943/1942
Charles Ray, USA, 1953
Nan Goldin, USA, 1953
Richard Prince, USA, 1949
Andres Serrano, USA, 1950
Bruce Nauman, USA, 1941
Thomas Ruff, Germany, 1958.

The ranking of old masters is:
Gustave Le Gray, France, 1820
Edward Weston, USA, 1886
Man Ray, USA/Fr, 1890
Paul Strand, USA, 1890
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Hungary, 1895
Edward Steichen, USA, 1897
Hippolyte Bayard, Fr, 1801
Alfred Stieglitz, USA, 1864
Ansel Adams, USA, 1902
Andre Kertesz, Hungary/USA, 1894


With the possible exception of some work by Kertesz, no Leica photographers
among these top twenty.
And note the very fertile years from 1950 to 1955 and the period 1885 to
1895,
According to this very crude statistic, the next generation of famous
photographers will be born around 2010 and use a digital camera?

Erwin

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