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    Re: Would you sell your work to decorators?

    Quote Originally Posted by Robert A. Zeichner View Post
    If you look carefully at the category this was posted in you will see that it is exactly appropriate.
    "Business Business aspects of LF photography, including legal, marketing and promotion."
    Robert you are correct about the category, but this guy contributes NOTHING to this forum except lounge lizard waste and marketing for his rag and I would not be defending him or his practices. He uses this forum as part of his marketing plan and unknown newbies to the photo making club are his target.

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    Re: Would you sell your work to decorators?

    I am not selling any print to a decorator unless I can make sure that it truly complements the sofa and coffee table it is supposed to match.

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    Re: Would you sell your work to decorators?

    Quote Originally Posted by David Spivak-Focus Magazine View Post
    Very simple question -- would you sell your art to someone so they could decorate their home or office with your work?

    Should art be used as decoration?
    My answer is the same for both questions: Absolutely!

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    Re: Would you sell your work to decorators?

    Boy, It really is a dumb question. Does a car maker worry how the car is used? Or the mouth exploding, tooth repairing tooth past maker care if I were to polish perspex with it? Hell the ethics police are out now, you buy, you pay but by hell you'll do what I tell you with it.

    Hmmm, ????????, Does it come with an embedded chip by any chance?
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    Re: Would you sell your work to decorators?

    [QUOTE=David Spivak-Focus Magazine;495134]Very simple question -- would you sell your art to someone so they could decorate their home or office with your work? . . QUOTE]

    Only in a heart beat.
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    Re: Would you sell your work to decorators?

    Every married man needs a 30x40 of Meagan's boobs in his office. It sets the right tone.

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    Re: Would you sell your work to decorators?

    Of course money is money as long as your getting paid... I have many images all over the US selling to a decorator is just another avenue of making some CASH....

    "Money talks bullshit walks" end of story...

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    Re: Would you sell your work to decorators?

    Good -- I expected this kind of reaction from most of you.

    I'm having an interesting conversation with a photo dealer who refuses to sell any of the work he sells to people who want to use the art to decorate their home. He only wants to sell to SERIOUS photography collectors.

    He states that people who would purchase art for the purpose of decorating are "NOT collectors" and that he doesn't want those kinds of buyers, because they cost you to much, versus a life-time client. I do indeed pre-qualify them."

    He's not the first person I've heard say something to this effect. Other people I've spoken with, some even photographers, have said that their work is art and not decoration.

    Where does the disconnect occur between people who want to buy a beautiful photograph to hang over their fireplace and someone who is a "serious collector?" Can anyone in today's economy truly turn business away from a casual buyer who wants to purchase something for their home or office vs. a "serious collector" even though the casual decorators number in the millions and the serious collectors number only in the high thousands?

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    Re: Would you sell your work to decorators?

    art isn't decoration ... you are kidding, right ?
    what do "serious collectors" do with their "art" ?

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    Re: Would you sell your work to decorators?

    Quote Originally Posted by David Spivak-Focus Magazine View Post
    Very simple question -- would you sell your art to someone so they could decorate their home or office with your work?

    Should art be used as decoration?
    No way. I only sell to people that hate my work and use it exclusively to uglify their home or office.

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