Digital BW, The Print

Nina, thanks fo rth epost! I wasn't trying to be comic - that was pure fact.
There were also other nuggets - do you make a transparency before you
print? - why don't you use a lab? etc etc.I thought France was photography
friendly? I think I'm going to spread my net a little wider than Spain - it
can't hurt.

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "ncm" <ncm@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 11:47 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: gallery results (RANT)


> Julian,
>
> There must be a European conspiracy. When I talked to an art gallery
> owner here in Paris some time ago (mainly for advice) she quoted about
> 2500FF as a suggested starting out price for my photo work - which comes
> to just about your $360. It must be said to her credit that she didn't
> suggest I print wall sized images (g)...
> And a lot of galleries make you pay for printing/framing and food/wine
> for the vernissage. Seems to be a local norm unless you are already
> world-famous. I think the American art market is used to higher and
> headier levels of pricing than us poor folk in Urup.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nina
>
> and Julian, thanks for that hilarious account of your first encounter
> with the fine arts world (g)
>
> >I asked for a
> >> retail of 750USD for a limited edition of 10 with the gallery taking
50% - a
> >> bit steep I know but i thought I'd try. He said if I could print them
3m
> >> plus he'd want to sell for 60,000ptas (360USD) my cut being 180usd and
I'd
> >> have to cover printing and framing!
>
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