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[cliveh]

Auctions

www.wetzlarcameraauctions.com

 

[cliveh]

I quite like the Leica M4 Christo "Wrapped Leica“ (1970/1994). It would make a nice entry for the Turner prize.

 

[Saganich]

At least you can still use this one:

Picasso photographer's camera sold for record £1.36m

Leica belonging to US photojournalist David Douglas Duncan, who documented life of Pablo Picasso, sets world record

www.theguardian.com

 

[rulnacco]

I quite like the Leica M4 Christo "Wrapped Leica“ (1970/1994).

Eh, there's some nice stuff posted there. But personally, I like best my beat-up 1960 M3 of unknown provenance. Because I've taken it out quite a lot over the last 15 years and actually shoot photos with it, and whether they're good or not, it's still lots of fun. And it didn't cost much at all, relatively. It's a proper work of art in my eyes.

 

[Don_ih]

I quite like the Leica M4 Christo "Wrapped Leica“ (1970/1994).

Careful unpacking it...

 

[cliveh]

Careful unpacking it...

Oh yes, as it can never be unwrapped.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Some days I wish that I had been born independently wealthy instead of being so intelligent and incredibly handsome. Such are the burdens of life.

 

[cliveh]

Some days I wish that I had been born independently wealthy instead of being so intelligent and incredibly handsome. Such are the burdens of life.

Wealth can't buy looks or intelligence.

 

[Don_ih]

Wealth can't buy looks or intelligence.

Wealth can make those things really unimportant, though.

 

[miha]

Some days I wish that I had been born independently wealthy instead of being so intelligent and incredibly handsome. Such are the burdens of life.

Being smart and handsome must be exhausting!

 

[cliveh]

Wealth can make those things really unimportant, though.

Only to those who put wealth above intrinsic values.

 

[MattKing]

Wealth can't buy looks or intelligence.

Whereas the contrary is sometimes true.

 

[Don_ih]

Only to those who put wealth above intrinsic values.

You'd likely find, those who don't are also unimportant to those who do. My exposure is fairly limited, though.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Being smart and handsome must be exhausting!

Such are the burdens one must endure.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Wealth can make those things really unimportant, though.

Wise and true words.

 

[chuckroast]

Oh yes, as it can never be unwrapped.

This kind of stuff seems to be on the same level of lunacy as NFTs. The artistic merit is nonexistent or nearly so and it's entirely about the cult of personality surrounding the object. What's next? Julius Caeser's last roll of toilet tissue? Bah, humbug.

 

[Don_ih]

The artistic merit is nonexistent or nearly so and it's entirely about the cult of personality surrounding the object.

I doubt anyone would deny that, actually. The wrapping of the camera was probably not done as an artistic statement but more as a bit of a joke. That it remained wrapped is impressive, but that suggests the whole episode associated with it was quite important to the photographer, who found the wrapped camera meaningful enough to keep it that way.

It'll be tricky getting a cla for that camera without unwrapping it

 

[cliveh]

This kind of stuff seems to be on the same level of lunacy as NFTs. The artistic merit is nonexistent or nearly so and it's entirely about the cult of personality surrounding the object. What's next? Julius Caeser's last roll of toilet tissue? Bah, humbug.

I disagree, as I think it is a work of art in its own right. It is the thought of what is within, while knowing from its tightly wrapped shape it is a Leica but what of its potential in the right hands. The coloured banding adds to the enigma. For me it is like an unexploded bomb. Perhaps I think that way because I am a leica user, but think that others may also share some of those thoughts.

 

[chuckroast]

I doubt anyone would deny that, actually. The wrapping of the camera was probably not done as an artistic statement but more as a bit of a joke. That it remained wrapped is impressive, but that suggests the whole episode associated with it was quite important to the photographer, who found the wrapped camera meaningful enough to keep it that way.

It'll be tricky getting a cla for that camera without unwrapping it

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