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Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alejandro Montiel" <amontiel69@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Lenswork issues


> Hello Julian:
>
> Do you have any information on how to obtain the
> magazine? An URL or some other contact info?
>
> Thank you
>
>
> --- Julian Thomas <julianthomas@...> wrote:
> > Sorry for the cross post, but this I think fits both
> > lists.
> >
> > I've just received two copies of Lenswork - issues
> > no 36 and 37. If no one
> > has seen this magazine it is a must. it is very well
> > written, aiming at an
> > intelligent audience (one issue even has an article
> > by Tolstoy!) with
> > well-presented photography - almost like an academic
> > journal but more
> > readable!
> >  I ordered these two issues because of two articles
> > - one by Brooks Jensen
> > on editioning, and one by John Wimberley on 'dealing
> > with dealers'. Some of
> > you know that I had an unpleasant expereince at a
> > Gallery where I was told
> > that I could only make 4 copies of an editioned
> > print 'for it to be art',
> > and that I had to 'make it big'.
> > Brooks makes the valid point that editioning is
> > solely a marketing ploy and
> > that it is better to sell more prints at a lower
> > price than artificially
> > limit the sale to an arbitrary number of prints.
> > John tells a number of horror stories and then
> > advocates breaking the
> > dealer's monopoly by photographers contacting
> > collectors directly.
> > Now this last point, to me, is the crux of the
> > problem, if editioning only
> > benefits dealers, then in order for the photographer
> > top benefit, one needs
> > to sell directly to collectors. But HOW?? Has anyone
> > any thought on this?
> > Some people use the internet
> > http://www.davebeckerman.com/ for example.
> > Anyone else do this?
> >
> > Julian
> > -----------------------------------
> > Julian Thomas
> > Bruc 168-6-1
> > 08037 Barcelona
> >
> > Gallery at
> > http://www.mwords.co.uk/galleryGuests.htm#
> > and
> >
> http://www.borderless-photos.de/jthomas/jthomas-01.html
> >
> > tfno 679676321
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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