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Photograph of a potato sells for $1.5 million
Kevin Abosch sells photograph of potato for $1.5 million http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art … md6s4.html --- details at link According to the photographer wine may have been involved "Abosch's trademark portraits on black backgrounds have become collectors' items among the wealthy, with each commission regularly earning him upwards of £200,000." Jan 24 16 11:51 pm Link  Jan 25 16 10:13 am Link When I read shit like that, I know the tax rate for millionaires is way too low. Jan 26 16 10:09 am Link Mortonovich wrote: This cat's expression tells it all ! Jan 26 16 10:38 am Link Matt Knowles wrote: And there are far too many "Tax Deductible Loopholes" Jan 26 16 10:47 am Link A drunk European businessman paid that much for a picture of a potato. He must be Irish? Tax loopholes? European businessman? I wonder where he files his taxes? Final thought; Maybe I should move to Europe, take pictures of potatoes and invite businessmen over to get drunk? Aw ... it can probably only happen once.  Jan 26 16 11:13 am Link 
Photographer Posts: 4288 Amundsen-Scott - permanent station of the US, Unclaimed Sector, Antarctica Why so strange a reaction? It's a pretty funky pic, and the title of the article is snarky and instantly tells you that the 'writer' or hack, as I would call her, is being judgmental. None of her business, IMHO. And none of ours, either. And for those who want to debate 'which pic is better', I offer a photo of a.... pepper (E. Steichen)  I say that all you will do is prove that art is subjective and everyone should do as they please... Jan 26 16 12:06 pm Link When it comes to "art" brains are de-activated. (Q: Can a trash can filled with trash be "art"? A: No. But successfully selling a trash can filled with trash as art indeed is art.) Jan 26 16 03:56 pm Link Gonna sell a print of my avatar for $2mil, potatoes are weak. Jan 26 16 06:25 pm Link Mortonovich wrote: I'd pay $1.5 million for this cat! Maybe even for this pepper. Jan 26 16 06:30 pm Link salvatori. wrote: Steichen? Are you sure? Jan 26 16 07:01 pm Link Mortonovich wrote:
Jan 26 16 07:02 pm Link It's hard to judge a 5-foot-square print from a low-res image on a computer screen, but from what I can tell it seems to be a very nice picture of a potato. It might be the finest picture of a potato that I've ever seen. Jan 26 16 07:32 pm Link He he, why not, rich people at some point run out of ideas on what to spend their money on. Jan 26 16 07:35 pm Link I shall write to Kevin tonight to congratulate him. Jan 26 16 08:21 pm Link salvatori. wrote: Mark Salo wrote: The photo of the Pepper is by Edward Weston.... Jan 26 16 08:22 pm Link Congratulations to everyone involved in the sale. I hope they all got their commission. And I mean that, too. The art market is what it is. Either you embrace it for what it is, or you stand on the sidelines sneering. Jan 26 16 10:13 pm Link  Jan 26 16 10:23 pm Link Brand named photographer + wealthy and famous clientele = Pricey art photography (Nice). Do what you need to do to have comfort in your life and then follow your bliss.   Jan 27 16 02:19 am Link Nice work, he seems to have decent photographic skills. but kind of stupid in business. Imagine how much he could have made if he had hired a skilled and experienced nude model. He'd be a multi-millionaire. Someone should hook him up with a link to MM. Jan 27 16 03:35 am Link Jeffrey M Fletcher wrote: LMAO Jan 27 16 06:16 am Link
Photographer Posts: 4288 Amundsen-Scott - permanent station of the US, Unclaimed Sector, Antarctica Mark Salo wrote: Yes, it is Weston, I was mistaken (so much for replying on a middle-aged memory) haha Jan 27 16 07:39 am Link Heard it this morning on GMA. Hey if you can do it why not? After all art is in the eye of the beholder! Or is it a fool is born every minute ? R- Jan 27 16 08:46 am Link salvatori. wrote: Well, on one hand you have a true master of the medium Edward Weston with an 8x10 contact print, hand developed and hand printed of his famous pepper. And then you have a shot of a potato, and a pretty dull one at that, that no one has really heard of until this article and a few rich folks. Who probably never heard of him either but were told by their publicist to get a $150,000 portrait from him because his black background is so...whatever. Jan 27 16 09:28 am Link
Photographer Posts: 4288 Amundsen-Scott - permanent station of the US, Unclaimed Sector, Antarctica Mike Collins wrote: I take your point well, though I am simply addressing the 'art' of selling a photo. Again, people pay all sorts of money for all sorts of art, and who is to say what art is better to a person who likes it? Jan 27 16 10:19 am Link Mike Collins wrote: He happens to be my friend, a very good friend. He is well-known in the world of photography. He shot a photo of me in 2005 which was so beautiful. We used to have dinner three nights a week. When Kevin was in Paris we skyped a lot. He did the faces of Ireland, of Paris exhibitions, so he's a little better known than you think or know. Jan 27 16 02:13 pm Link LA StarShooter wrote: You'd be surprised how many photographers have never heard of a lot of other photographers. Even Edward Weston. Or Penn. Or Steichen. I'm sure those who live in more cultural diverse, bigger cities like LA, NY, Paris, perhaps have heard of a lot more artists. Jan 27 16 05:51 pm Link Dear photographers, Who wants to be like Kevin Abosch with his photographic success or the eccentric rich dude that can buy the photo? Jan 27 16 06:07 pm Link Jules NYC wrote: I would want to be the eccentric rich dude. I would commission a photo of an egg. I love eggs. Jan 27 16 07:15 pm Link salvatori. wrote: I think the "writer" is probably just a wee bit bitter that her very illuminating articles, such as "Malcolm Turnbull asks Today host Lisa Wilkinson: Why are you so negative?" or "Man knocked unconscious in Sydney music festival brawl", were not sold for similar large sums to high-profile news sources such as The Onion. Jan 27 16 07:18 pm Link CamelliaFlower wrote: Just a regular ol' egg? Jan 28 16 12:20 am Link Shadow Dancer wrote: Honestly I was thinking a plain white chicken's egg or maybe a pale blue one, lit so that you can see all the little imperfections and bumps of calcium on the surface of the egg's shell. Jan 28 16 12:55 am Link CamelliaFlower wrote: I'm available to shoot most things, including eggs, as commissioned works. Paid, no TF for eggs. Jan 28 16 06:53 am Link CamelliaFlower wrote: Eggs and taters = Breakfast! Jan 28 16 10:31 am Link Art of the nude wrote: I am willing to pay you 3 Sickles and 7 knuts to shoot me naked and covered in cracked eggs. Jan 28 16 12:29 pm Link  Wonder what I could get for this sexy carrot. Jan 28 16 12:45 pm Link Oops! Jan 28 16 01:01 pm Link Art of the nude wrote: CamelliaFlower wrote: Shoot, and you don't even DO nudes. Jan 28 16 01:29 pm Link Michael DBA Expressions wrote: I'm not strictly opposed to it. I have a shot in my port now with visible nipple (female nipple, as MM Nipple Police very astutely pointed out) and I had to take off my underwear for that shoot as well because it was showing through the wet fabric. But it's easier to uncheck it and say I don't do nudes than explain to a photog that I won't shoot nudes WITH THEM because I don't like the nude work in their port. Jan 28 16 01:40 pm Link CamelliaFlower wrote: You sound like a very intelligent lady! Jan 28 16 02:42 pm Link |
