Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow, Phil, this could not be a better timed post...speaking purely selfishly. I'm flying tomorrow for my first ever visit to Santa Fe...now I know where to visit. Sounds like PhotoEye is a must. The LUG comes through again...without me even asking! :) Thanks, Aaron Phil Swango wrote: >To put this whole thread into a little perspective you need to know the >Sante Fe art market. Art photography there is sold in several venues, each >with its own characteristic slant. The traditional masters (HCB, AA, the >Westons) and the popular contemporaries (Annie Liebowitz, et al) are handled >mainly by the Andrew Smith Gallery. Prices range from the mid-low 4-digits >to well into the 5-digit range for the better-known artists. PhotoEye >handles lesser-known but emerging artists whose reputations are still being >formed, along with some leading-edge contemporaries (Teri Wiefenbach, John >Gossage) and a few venerable locals (William Clift). Prices are lower than >at Wm. Smith (upper 3-digits to mid 4-digits), and the artists less well >known. To keep this market viable PhotoEye has to do some market-making of >the type Tina has pointed out. Some of the richer Anglos in Sante Fe tend >to be somewhat earth-crunchy and "spiritual" in orientation, and thus >constitute a well-defined target that PhotoEye understands and caters to (or >exploits, if you prefer). This doesn't say one thing or the other about >the Morando photos, but it does sort of explain the hype, or Barnum hokum, >or brilliant marketing, however you want to view it. >I sort of like the pictures, think the marketing blab is silly, and wouldn't >pay that kind of dough for any chromogenic print. I bought a Stephen Shore >C-print back in the early 80s and it's no longer viewable. I think things >are better now with the chemistry, but still ... > >BTW, a visit to the PhotoEye bookstore and gallery is a must if you're ever >in Santa Fe. Amazing collection of photo books, and the gallery is usually >fun, though problably not exactly up the typical LUGger's alley. It's right >off Canyon Road, where they sell the *really* overhyped stuff (mostly >paintings). > > >-- >Phil Swango >307 Aliso Dr SE >Albuquerque, NM 87108 >505-262-4085