Digital BW, The Print

Yeah I know... my dream is to find someone to sell my stuff whilsy I can
forget about it and just take photos. I mean THAT is hard enough!!!

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nij" <nigel@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:46 PM
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Lenswork issues


> Yes. This is all new to me too. But, it does seem like they (the galleries
> and dealers) perform a valid service for a percentage. It just _sounds_ a
> little steep to me to be charging 50% + money for snacks and drinks :)
>
> However, consider... if you sold every print direct... noone would ever
get
> to see your work... without you running your own gallery, or you having
your
> own personal bar that you could use as gallery space. etc etc. In that
> sense, the gallery, the exhibition, the framing shop window are all
> opportunities for you to get your name better known, and to have people
> asking for more work, potentially even commisioning work (tho... does that
> work with Street photography OR Found Objects ???) <grins>
>
> Nij
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SKID Photography [mailto:skid@...]
> <snip>
> > You ask how to get to the collectors?  That *is* the big
> > question...And that is where the galleries and
> > dealers come in.  It is *their* job to find those people..  They
> > have galleries, which they advertise and
> > promote, in order to get collectors interested enough to come in.
> >  They do press releases, maintain and send
> > out mailing lists, schmooze with art critics etc.  Yes, we might
> > be able to do that part ourselves, but then
> > it takes away from the time we want to use making art in the
> > first place.  Some people enjoy it, some are
> > terrible at it.  The choice is yours, but still remember, do not
> > confuse art and commerce.
> >
> <snip>
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