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Subject: RE: [Leica] price of art prints (was re: kyle's fine art)
From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 11:42:17 -0500

At 11:08 AM 3/12/02 -0500, you wrote:
>I wonder if you might not be speaking more from the perspective of a
>commercial photographer than an artist.  The cold hard reality is very, very
>few artists make enough to survive without another form of income.  Even the
>very best.  How many photographers, even the greats survive on their fine
>art work alone?
>
>BK


And I do commercial photography and sell stock to support fine art work.

I agree with Tim that it is a sin and a shame that artists cannot survive 
on their art work alone.  (Especially when they are expected to "share" 
their work for cost!!)

Tina


Tina Manley, ASMP
http://www.tinamanley.com
images available from http://www.pdiphotos.com


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