the photographic art market is not the easiest to understand. high prizes are often related to big names,icnic figures or well recognized schools, which all builds a network and attracts gallery owners and museum curators. I wouldn't spend Millions on a Gursky nor do I like them but, that is probably my loss and not hhis; He is doing very nicely, selling 2$M figures every year. In my opinion he is to photographic art what pigeons are to statues but, I give him that he comes up with ideas I wouldn't even dream about; Never liked the work of any Becher student.So far.....
What makes these so expensive?
http://www.craveonline.com/art/924993-top-8-most-expensive-photographs
Regards, Art
Tri color gum over palladium me thinksOh no, Gursky, 99c... saw a extended exhibition same years go in Krefeld, didn't understand why he is rated that high, marketing and print size?
One Masterpiece I really love is Edward Steichen: The Pond/Moonlight)
Best
Jens
Tri color gum over palladium me thinks
I really like Jeff Wall's approach to photography as well, he is a superstar IMOI really like a lot of Jeff Wall's work, and it isn't because he is a local (although it probably doesn't hurt).
But it is really important to understand how what he does is much more like cinematography than it is still photography.
It is also important to experience the originals. Extremely large and technically superb back-lit colour transparencies, where the nuances of lighting and exposure complement the nuances of framing, set-up, acting and direction - because he is very much more like a movie director than he is simply a photographer.
It doesn't surprise me that people wish to collect his work. And that is what drives the auction market.
This single image has inspired me to make these types of prints....Pt and gum bichromate (so descibed by Chritopher James in his book "The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes", Works perfectly this way.
Money making venture for the hyper-wealthy.The art market operates in an economic model that considers more than supply and demand: it is a hybrid type of prediction market where art is bought and sold for values based not only on a work's perceived cultural value, but on both its past monetary value as well as its predicted future value. --Wikipedia
must have been made with a RollieThere's no accounting for taste. That said, I do love the Stichen print.
must have been made with a Rollie
You are absolutely correct! Someone besides me got my share......Regards!Why do some photographs bring such huge amounts? Same reason a lot of things do. There's an astounding amount of disposable income at the very top of the income scale. It's a symptom of gross income inequality.
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