$6.5 Million for a Peter Lik Photograph

[dsphotog]

Maybe it's a REALLY BIG print, printed on exotic rain forest wood, precious metal, or thick diamond plexi.

[MIke Sherck]

I don't really know who this fellow is nor am I familiar with his work, but I like this picture. I don't know about the $6.5 million thing but it's a very pretty picture.

Perhaps I'm a Philistine in disguise... viewers of my photos have always instinctively felt that!

Mike

[Bob Salomon]

I don't really know who this fellow is nor am I familiar with his work, but I like this picture. I don't know about the $6.5 million thing but it's a very pretty picture.

Perhaps I'm a Philistine in disguise... viewers of my photos have always instinctively felt that!

Mike

I kind of like it too. But then I also own a Swiss Army Knife XAVT and thought it also looked pretty good!

[matthew blais]

I don't think it's especially great...looks like many of the slot canyon B&W's...
And the "Phantom" shape in the light ray is likely manipulated digitally to resemble a figure..
Trite IMHO

[Richard M. Coda]

BINGO Drew!

[Drew Wiley]

Hitler had more talent as an artist. He should have stuck to it, even if, in his case, he would have made a mediocre living. I recognize a scam when I see it, and
have every right to say so, Bob. No different than a restaurant review. If the food stinks, word gets around.

[Drew Wiley]

Simply the fact that the "press release" was on his own website makes it smell like something is rotten in Denmark. He could have at least chosen a spot that didn't have eight million footprints.

[Lenny Eiger]

This discussion is indicative to the fact that we don't have a consistent idea of what photography is.

It appears that: For some, the fact that this person made an image, that he was able to sell it (or fake sell it) is enough. That is considered success.

For others paulr's quote rings true: "No fear of finding ideas in any of these images."

I am in the latter group. It isn't enough for me to simply record an image. Perhaps it was in the first year of doing photography. Now I expect a bit more of myself...

Lenny

[Deval]

My quam isn't the amount or the fact that he is successful. That makes it all the better for the field. I worry however if this ends up being a fake and discovered by the public, it endangers trust with fine art photography. Like it or not he is a modern Ambassador for fine art photography

[StoneNYC]

My quam isn't the amount or the fact that he is successful. That makes it all the better for the field. I worry however if this ends up being a fake and discovered by the public, it endangers trust with fine art photography. Like it or not he is a modern Ambassador for fine art photography

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