Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I came along this a few weeks ago. In the new issue of Lenswork Bruce Jensen has a very interesting article. Here is a short version on his philosophy on photo pricing. http://www.brooksjensenarts.com/pigmentonpaper.htm#commerce peace David On Jan 26, 2006, at 7:22 AM, paulhardycarter@gmail.com wrote: > A good piece. One thing that amazed me though was the author's > implication that the reason Ke?tos work hadn't 'quadrupled in value' > in eight years was basically because he was African and black. I can > assure you that 99.9 per cent of photographer's work doesn't quadruple > in value in that time. > > He then goes on to say that if this was Cartier-Bresson it would be a > different story. Of course it would! Cartier-Bresson is in an almost > unique position in photography. To compare practically anyone else > with that position will show inequalities. > > And by the way, Cartier-Bresson's work hasn't quadrupled in price in > eight years either. Being the fine chap he was, and having a proper > understanding of his medium, he never sold anything as a limited > edition - because that is not the nature of photography. The negative > is the limited edition - limited to one - but prints are not limited. > He always had as many prints made as people wanted, and left > instructions that after his death that this should continue. You can > buy a print of any of his pictures today, just call Magnum. They start > at USD5,000. > > P. > > ******* > Paul Hardy Carter > www.paulhardycarter.com > +44 (0)20 7871 7553 > ******* > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information