[pure-silver] Re: Editions and Numbering

Dear Harry,
well I think "limited editions" are only worthwhile if they are truly limited i.e. you need to DESTROY the negative after the limited edition is printed.
This in itself is something so truly horrid and alien to me that I would NEVER do it!
I mean: here we are talking about archival negatives, prits, toning and all that jazz and then we should destroy all that hard work ?
No no, I am afraid such actions would badly influence my mood, weight and sex life, :-) hence I don't do it. 

ARGH. The temperature outside just dropped about 5 dgrees :-)

Love,
Snoopy

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"Cetero censeo, digitalem esse delendam"

Harry Lock wrote:

Hi All
All this talk of fibre-prints has got me thinking of the age-old question - "To number, or not to number".
I am sure this has been discussed here before, but if you don't mind could I raise the question again.
How many on the list print photographic prints and sell them as 'art' - in galleries, etc. (as opposed to printing for commercial clients and commissions.) That is, you take a photograph, decide it is worthy of selling, make some prints and frame or mount and sell them through a gallery.
If so, do print an edition, ie.limiting the number of prints, and number the prints accordingly? 

Then the questions are:
How do you determine how many to to print from the negative?
Do you print then all at once - same paper, chemicals, toners, etc.,
or do you print on demand from a catalogue say.
If you choose to print on demand, and let's say you have chosen to print the previos images in the edition on 12 X 16 inch paper, and a client order a smaller or larger image, is it still part of the 12 X 16 edition, or do you stick to your guns and say it comes in only one size? When you price the work, does the selling price increase with the edition number? ie prints numbered 1-10 = $100.00; 11-20 = $150.00 and prints 21-30 = $200.00, and so on.
And then the last question: does the numbering of prints really increase the value of the print, and does the average buyer really understand the concept and appreciate the value of a limited edition?
Sorry for all the questions - it is looking like one of those dreadful surveys we all try to avoid. 

Cheers for now

Harry
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