Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:03 PM 1/3/01 -0500, Jim Shulman wrote: >Sounds pretty clear to me: >You make a living at it, you charge art market rates for your work. >You treat it as a hobby, you charge junior high bake sale rates for your work. > >If you're a hobbyist, don't expect professionals to sell their work at >junior high bake-sale prices. The flip side of this is if one is a 'working professional' one shouldn't play into the fallacy that only someone charging "Art market rates" is able to produce quality work. I understand that it is seen as a threat to a working professional's livelihood. But monetary worth has nothing to do with quality. Too many working pro's (not anyone that I know of on LUG, but many who I know in my region) try their best to tie what they charge to the quality of what they produce. In looking at some of their portfolios, such a claim often becomes laughable. Carpe Luminem, Michael E. Berube