>I can almost always pick out the ones that will sell...
>they will just look great in someone's hallway
Too true in today's society which grows more shallow by the day.
I do volunteer work at the local shelter. A woman came in wanting to
adopt a dog. When asked what breed she was looking for she replied
"that it didn't matter as long as the dog was beige."
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Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Digital imaging is a sign of the times
The thing I think I've noticed with regard to selling prints is that the
market for that is basically people with taste and money. The prints
have to be very good, and I can almost always pick out the ones that
will sell. It's a hard thing to put a finger on, but they will just
look great in someone's hallway, or have an interesting twist, or be
really classic. I guess I'm saying that there is a market, but it's not
very big right now.
It's interesting what you're saying about the parallels between the
advent of color film and the change to digital. It's absolutely true
that color film did not get rid of us did it? And photography didn't
cleanse the world of those annoying drawists and painters like it was
supposed to either. I suspect we'll all still be here doing our thing
50 years from now.
>
> From: Lloyd Erlick <lloyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2006/01/20 Fri AM 10:48:04 EST
> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Digital imaging is a sign of the times
>
> At 12:42 PM 1/19/2006 , Gene wrote:
>
> ... and shoot film because I love it. I'll continue to hang the
> results on the walls and if someone wants to buy the occasional print,
> so much the better. There's enough of us out here that someone is
> going to sell us film and paper for a very long time to come. Heck,
> you can still buy POP if you really want to.Maybe I'll live long
> enough for traditional photography to be a "fad", and I'll be an
> interesting novelty:)
>
>
> January 20, 2006, from Lloyd Erlick,
>
> This has already happened more than once.
>
> I well remember the ascendancy of color pictures when I was first
> starting out, in the sixties. I was in a small minority that liked
> black and white. The advent of the color print as the common snap
> caused a lot of people to sniff at black and white in a very superior
> way. Eventually this diminished and black and white became a very high
> profile and admired art form, complete with high priced examples
> trading regularly. So I expect that eventually (decades from now, I
> suppose) black and white fiber based prints from the darkroom will
> have a similar sort of special-ness compared to the commonly available
> ink- or pigment-dot print. Cycles and fads ...
>
> The boy scientist element of darkroom work is much greater than in the
> computer based method. There are always some people who like to be Mr.
> Wizard, and they will always like to fool around with powders and
> liquids and scales and gloves and face shields. If these elements are
> taken away, I lose interest completely. I'm sure I'm not the only one,
> so I'd guess the materials will survive in some form, probably much
> more expensive ...
>
> I don't expect to ever be appreciated for the effort and hours that go
> into a print. It's rare for an aartist to receive this appreciation,
> especially during his or her lifetime. So we shouldn't expect it. Not
> to say it isn't deplorable. I see it as part of the dumbing-down
> phenomenon. Educated people are necessary for artists to exist. Humans
> seem to shun education. Since that is very convenient for people who
> seek power, the situation is encouraged by most societies or
> civilizations, not just ours. The Romans and their circuses and all
> that.
>
> regards,
> --le
> ________________________________
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> net: www.heylloyd.com
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