Comments on: [News] A Single Roll’s Worth of Prints Sells For $5,903,250

By: TadaoCern

TadaoCern — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:07:00 +0000

well, does the name Andreas Gursky mean anything to you? :) His photography was sold for 4 million dollars and that artist is still alive.

So it’s not about when… it about how and why. What means that Lee is doing something wrong:)

By: Chaz Westwood

Chaz Westwood — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:15:00 +0000

…… but…… why? I know there is probably a reason why people would pay for this. But that much money?
Wonder if the guy who bought it woke up the next morning and went “urghhh, what did i do last night” looked at his cheque book, and then at the wall above his mantlepiece and went “Ohhhh, you effin kidding me? I bought a goddamn childs photo of his bike… better have been for charity, there goes that fleet of Ferraris i wanted”.

By: Thulam Vo

Thulam Vo — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:48:00 +0000

william eggleston is my all-time fav!!! gearheads and pseudo arty folk never seem to understand, or even try to comprehend what eggleston has done. hint: wikipedia does not do this man justice!

By: lee

lee — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 03:01:00 +0000

i don’t think you are doing something wrong, Lee, you were born in the wrong era. For all those critics who say his stuff is crap, iPhone snap shots, etc, the prices of these pieces are because of the artist’s reputation. Possibly like picasso or lichenstien or worhol, he introduced something new? (anyone now can easily do a lichen stein or worhol)
He has been displayed in dozens of museums and published many times, etc… made color photography “artistic” when it wasn’t a popular form of art. when someone from today can approach his body of work, then maybe when they are 72 years old, their art may fetch crazy sums of money… but in the meantime, create something new and truly unique, then maybe one can sell their creations at huge crazy sums of money….

By: Emjay Khan

Emjay Khan — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:18:00 +0000

hahahaha Tim!!!

By: Joseph Figaniak

Joseph Figaniak — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 07:19:00 +0000

This is bullcrap. Eff this noise.

By: Edd Carlile

Edd Carlile — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:11:00 +0000

I just feel this is a kick in the crotch to any photographer anywhere who is doing something new, different, unique, stand out and stand alone and is appreciated by a very few people, and is unable to have the price of a happy meal from sales. (most probably family and friends and the crowd on the internet)
Disgusted that kak like this attains such an unbelievable monetary value and exposure.
*walks away throwing up*

By: Daniil Sosonkin

Daniil Sosonkin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:51:00 +0000

So my wife just bought 60″ TV. It has a USB port. So I put up our vacation photos from Monument Valley I took 3 years ago. After a seeing a couple of them – damn I took some nice and artsy shots!!! Its all about the size, you take an empty road going nowhere, put it up on a huge canvas and all of a sudden it can be auctioned off for thousands.

By: Jonas Amaya

Jonas Amaya — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:01:00 +0000

Duck tape wont hold my mouth shut!!!!

By: Marko Einfalt

Marko Einfalt — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:23:00 +0000

Best comment :D:D