Last October Sotheby?s NYC sold a ?Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico? rare print by Ansel Adams for $609,600, the price for some previous auctions about the picture did not reach $100,000. The price difference happened because for the last auction the image composition was improved , the moon got a strange bright and an UFO appeared as rising from the distant mountains, suddenly a subtle mist covered the little town adding more grays for the tonal range and there was a slight correction for the original exposure, Ansel only resurrected to sign the new print and it reached $609,600. Other auction site sold a B&W print about an enormous castle made from toothpicks, it was curious the fact they could sell the B&W print but they couldn?t sell the real castle made from toothpicks because there was no interest, it seems only the print was considered valuable art because the photographer captured the toothpicks tonal variations very well and the print texture was impressive thanks to the moderated grain; looking the real castle made from toothpicks you can see the true masterpiece is the real castle, but it looked more impressive in the print due to the means used to reproduce the castle. Art, an art masterpiece are terms wide too much to write about them in depth in a mail list dedicated to Rollei cameras and chemical photography (at least I think it), sometimes there are interpretations quick and light too much . Carlos --- Neil Gould <neil@xxxxxxxxxxx> escribió: > Hi all, > > > Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:00:32 -0400 > > From: Michael Eric Berube <pj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > While I'm an unrepentant Capitalist, I find that > defining the 'worth' > > of 'art' merely by the price tag is a sad effort. > > Sad too is the defining of art by the medium. \ > > > (rest of excellent commentary snipped for brevity) > > Thank you! I completely agree with your viewpoint > regarding how images > might achieve the status of art. > > Regards, > > Neil > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging > into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ ¡Sé un mejor besador! Compartí todo lo que sabés sobre besos. http://ar.yahoo.com/promos/mejorbesador.html --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list