Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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