Re: So, if limited editions are used to....
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Scott Morgan
On the other hand, in Alain Briot's book, he says,"the sales of one of my images single-handedly paid for the house I currently live in." What he says (elsewhere) about the house is that it has 3 rooms specifically for his business, and he and his wife wanted a floor plan that would keep the business separate from the 'normal' living. So, with this in mind, I would guess his house cost around $300,000 to $400,000, maybe more. (He lives in Phoenix.)
Would Mr. Briot have made this kind of money with a one-of-one of that image? No.
Scott
From some of the outlandish claims on Briot's website and articles, I would take much of what he claims with a grain of salt.
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Who is this guy Briot? I know of a few well known photographers who have made a lot of money from one image, but they are very well known, they are better known in the advertising area, and usually the money came from an ad campaign, not from sales of a single image. I find hard to beleive this guy made $170000 out of one shot.
Re: So, if limited editions are used to....
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bob carnie
I am personally working on a series of solarizations that this question on editions is relevant and I need to answer for myself. These prints are very large, time consuming and very subjective, I now have made three different versions on smaller size just to get the right balance I am happy with. This has taken me time , money and energy, but I love the process and think I am close to start producing the large prints.
The question that is bugging me is I have invested x amount of dollars into each print. How much will I be able to sell them for , where and how many of each will I print.
I would prefer to only to make a small number of each print as they are very difficult to reproduce and after its made every one after is just copy work and I agree with you about one the one off value aspect.
I have considered making three to five prints , of each image , once they are fully toned and finished in presentation matts , I would then snip the negative and that is that.
Since you brought it up , maybe this thread will help me in the decision on how many prints of each image I should make.
Considered doing limited original solarized then make a copy neg or scan & reproducing from this source? The thing about any production is that pirating of the original is relatively easy.
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Jorge Gasteazoro
Who is this guy Briot?
LOL.
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Van Camper
"Who is this guy Briot"
In our circles he is well known. To me he is someone making a decent living off his images, what many of us dream about. However, in other circles he is unknown. I don't even see his images in stores. I remember a while back the name Thomas Kinkade was mentioned, and several people had no clue who he was. I guess he is a nobody to many of us right now.
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So I am not surprised when someone says who is this guy. Check out Ken Duncan, he used to mention the editions that were sold out (maybe still does) in his website. At his prices, each sold out edition is enough to buy a nice house (and there were many editions sold out). There is money to be made if your really good. We need cars, food, clothes, furniture, wall furniture, etc. There is lots of $ to be made if your really good, and good at marketing. I would say Thomas is one of the best at marketing his product, because although his images are very nice, I find there are artists with images just as nice who are not making a whole lot of $.
And that's the whole point, isn't it?
The severity of criticism seems to be directly if not exponentially proportionate to the inevitable income gap between the criticized and the critic. And the criticized always seem to be too busy making their heap to even bother acknowledging the critics. ;)
And besides, the same question - who is this fellow? - can even more pointedly be asked about any of the critics themselves.
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Marko
And that's the whole point, isn't it?
The severity of criticism seems to be directly if not exponentially proportionate to the inevitable income gap between the criticized and the critic. And the criticized always seem to be too busy making their heap to even bother acknowledging the critics. ;)
And besides, the same question - who is this fellow? - can even more pointedly be asked about any of the critics themselves.
funny how you always take a chance to take a pot shot at me yet you don't have the balls to direct them to me. Then again what could I expect from a wannabe digihead like you.. :)
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Jorge Gasteazoro
funny how you always take a chance to take a pot shot at me yet you don't have the balls to direct them to me. Then again what could I expect from a wannabe digihead like you.. :)
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Balls? What do balls have to do with this? This is, or is supposed to be, an intellectual activity here. That's what the head is for - I prefer to use my cojones for other activities.
And besides, it's only you anyway... ;)
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Marko
<ignore off>
Balls? What do balls have to do with this? This is, or is supposed to be, an intellectual activity here. That's what the head is for - I prefer to use my cojones for other activities.
And besides, it's only you anyway... ;)
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:D
Re: So, if limited editions are used to....
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Marko
<ignore off>
Balls? What do balls have to do with this? This is, or is supposed to be, an intellectual activity here. That's what the head is for - I prefer to use my cojones for other activities.
And besides, it's only you anyway... ;)
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If it is an intellectual activity then you are way off your neck of the woods. Specially for someone who knows little about LF. The difference between you and me is that at least I do have the balls to pursue my goal and don't just run my mouth off and then go to my looser day job like you....
PS...I guess this goes for you too lutman...
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Van Camper
"hard to beleive this guy made $170000 out of one shot". Jorge
What's so hard to believe. Look at the numbers. Many of his images sell for $3000 and more. All it takes is a less then 60 images world wide. Many photographers charge similar rates.
Well, I don't know. I suppose it is possible, yet I doubt even people like Michael Kenna, Paul Caponigro or if we are talking color Dynka, Fatali etc. sold the same image 60 times for that amount. It was stated that he made this from 1 single image. I still find it hard to beleive, then again, if he does good for him...