Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:07 AM 6/2/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Would you rather have $500 from the sale of one fine art print or $5 from >1000 posters? Definitely $500 for one sale. The $5 sale gives the impression that photography is a cheap commodity. That impression can only hurt photographers trying to convince photo editors that their copyrighted photographs are valuable. >If a person's major intent were to produce limited edition fine art prints >of his work, I suspect photojournalism is not an ideal field for him to >enter. :) But photojournalists do sell fine art prints, as is shown on that site. Freelance photojournalists also sell the rights to use their photos to magazines. Unless they are doing work for hire, they receive no benefits or salary. If "thousands of photographs by the world's best photographers" can be sold for $17.95 each, it's time to look for another profession. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com