Digital BW, The Print

I was at the AIPAD show on Sunday. So much beautiful work, mostly all
traditional, interspersed with a little "garbaj".

I went specifically to meet with a gallery owner from Delaware who is
interested in my World Trade Center print (she has a Piezo of it in her
gallery right now), but she is not comfortable about digital yet.

I am planning to make a silver, limited edition print out of it. She
cautioned me about selling Piezos. I was planning on offering them as a
sort of "special-edition" a-la Ansel Adams kinda thing. Maybe 5x6.5" on
letter paper, open edition, initialed not signed -- more like a litho
than a print -- for maybe $35-45. And then charging a premium price for
silver prints. She said that I shouldn't have a competing image -- it
would hurt collectors who are paying premium prices. I don't understand
her reasoning. I see others doing it. LensWork, even the Westons
([EW-Cole] I actually have one of them, and an AA special edition).

So, is this a viable marketing strategy? Let the voting begin.

Regards,

Richard M. Coda
Fine-Art Photography
Jackson, NJ 08527

http://www.rcodaphotography.com