Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A walk down Canyon Road in the late afternoon with your Leica can result in some wonderful images - great light and lots of fascinating little nooks. Adam On 4/20/06, Aaron Sandler <aaron.sandler@duke.edu> wrote: > Wow, Phil, this could not be a better timed post...speaking purely > selfishly. I'm flying tomorrow for my first ever visit to Santa Fe...now I > know where to visit. Sounds like PhotoEye is a must. > > The LUG comes through again...without me even asking! :) > > Thanks, > Aaron > > Phil Swango wrote: > >To put this whole thread into a little perspective you need to know the > >Sante Fe art market. Art photography there is sold in several venues, > >each > >with its own characteristic slant. The traditional masters (HCB, AA, the > >Westons) and the popular contemporaries (Annie Liebowitz, et al) are > >handled > >mainly by the Andrew Smith Gallery. Prices range from the mid-low > >4-digits > >to well into the 5-digit range for the better-known artists. PhotoEye > >handles lesser-known but emerging artists whose reputations are still > >being > >formed, along with some leading-edge contemporaries (Teri Wiefenbach, John > >Gossage) and a few venerable locals (William Clift). Prices are lower > >than > >at Wm. Smith (upper 3-digits to mid 4-digits), and the artists less well > >known. To keep this market viable PhotoEye has to do some market-making > >of > >the type Tina has pointed out. Some of the richer Anglos in Sante Fe tend > >to be somewhat earth-crunchy and "spiritual" in orientation, and thus > >constitute a well-defined target that PhotoEye understands and caters to > >(or > >exploits, if you prefer). This doesn't say one thing or the other about > >the Morando photos, but it does sort of explain the hype, or Barnum hokum, > >or brilliant marketing, however you want to view it. > >I sort of like the pictures, think the marketing blab is silly, and > >wouldn't > >pay that kind of dough for any chromogenic print. I bought a Stephen > >Shore > >C-print back in the early 80s and it's no longer viewable. I think things > >are better now with the chemistry, but still ... > > > >BTW, a visit to the PhotoEye bookstore and gallery is a must if you're > >ever > >in Santa Fe. Amazing collection of photo books, and the gallery is > >usually > >fun, though problably not exactly up the typical LUGger's alley. It's > >right > >off Canyon Road, where they sell the *really* overhyped stuff (mostly > >paintings). > > > > > >-- > >Phil Swango > >307 Aliso Dr SE > >Albuquerque, NM 87108 > >505-262-4085 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >