Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: jamesmsims 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 3:09 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] So, how do we market/sell our beautiful digital prints?

  >James wrote::
  >Some galleries tell me that all though 'we know' this is 
  >extraordinary work, John Q Public hears digital and thinks 'Heck, my 
  >son can do this with his Fuji digital camera and the HP printer we 
  >bought him for Christmas'.  Regardless if it is true, we have to face 
  >this obstacle, if it really exists. 
   
  I do not want to be percieved as confrontational but would like to voice my opinion about this part of the post.
  The person who says "my son can do that at home" is usually not the type of person who would buy your exceptional work anyway.
  That person would be the same guy who won't go to a bar with his friends because he has the "Same drinks" at home that won't cost him as much.(CHEAP). Anyone who has actually tried their hand at any form of art will (or should be) be a better judge of your work reguardless of how its printed. I read somewhere about an artist who prices his work by how popular the piece becomes -- the first print might be $50.00 the second one sold $75.00 etc.etc until people stop buying it. This peaked my interest because it allows the quality of the piece (not the substrate or ink or paints used)to actually dictate price. Maybe your work is worthy of being in a museum or just an Arts & Wine festival. Maybe we should put our collective brain trust to the task of creating our own market place somehow.
  Remember--- It's not WHAT you market, It's HOW you market it !!!!!
  Look at these examples
  Pet Rock (you know you have one in the garage somewhere)
  Cheea pet
  ENRON
  Bill Clinton
  George W
  Thanks for listening
  Don
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