Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] price of art prints (was re: kyle's fine art)
From: kiklaas@iinet.net.au
Date: 12 Mar 2002 04:05:30 -0000

Hi Greg,

Absolutely.  I suppose if you have reached your 40's and have still not 
cracked "the big time", earning big bucks doing "what you love most", it 
may be time to reconsider a career change.

Karina


> Hi Karina,
> 
> Most artists I know, I share a building/studio with about twenty of 
> them, perceive their self-worth as putting food on the table every day 
> and paying the rent and/or mortgage on time. Easier to do when your 
> young, hell even I could sleep on the floor quite well when I was in my 
> twenties.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Greg
> 
> kiklaas@iinet.net.au wrote:
> 
> >It propably amounts to what artists perceive is their self-worth and/or 
> >how desperate they are to either earn a living or be acknowledged as 
> >having some token worth which would serve to increase the appreciation 
of 
> >their own self worth over time...looking at the history of the most 
> >famous artists in the world, it seems that doing what one loves most 
> >comes with a sacrifice - ie. the value of many artists work only 
increased 
> >with value after their deaths, many lived in poverty throughout their 
> >whole life.
> >
> >I, too, would love nothing better than to work as a fulltime 
> >photographer for a living - the reality is - it is my profession as an 
> >accountant that provides the standard of living that allows me to do 
> >things like buying a Leica - so I think that is a sacrifice in itself - 
> >ie. getting up every day and doing the duty work - if I was able to get 
> >some pleasure out of selling any work, even at a reduced rate, it would 
> >making the getting out of bed as an accountant more of a pleasure.
> >
> >Karina
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>At 02:13 PM 3/11/02 -0800, you wrote:
> >>
> >>>    I believe that a thing of beauty should be available to
> >>>any or all who will appreciate it.
> >>>
> >>
> >>And the person who made that thing of beauty is supposed to make 
his/her 
> >>living how?  Doctors are paid for their talent.  Lawyers are paid for 
> >>
> >their 
> >
> >>knowledge.  Why not artists?
> >>
> >>
> >>Tina
> >>
> >>
> >>Tina Manley, ASMP
> >>http://www.tinamanley.com
> >>images available from http://www.pdiphotos.com
> >>
> >>
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