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Photo sells for $4 million

Postby Glen on Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:30 pm

http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/photo-s ... 95635.html


Looks a tad underexposed to me :wink:
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Postby johndec on Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:38 pm

Pfftt.. Wouldn't even make POTW around here :wink:
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Postby wendellt on Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:45 pm

it's in the bill henson style, nostalgic and mystical
4 million though is a lot of money you could buy bill henson's whole colection
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Postby Nnnnsic on Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:51 pm

Not exactly the oldest photograph and I wouldn't spend four million on either that nor any of the amount on a single Henson.
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Postby Killakoala on Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:30 am

I'd like to hear what the buyer says to justify spending that much money on it.
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Postby Matt. K on Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:46 am

I can see banding and digital artifacts, including CA. Needed Noise Ninija. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby PiroStitch on Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:51 am

The photo shows a pond in a wooded area, with light coming through the trees and reflected in the water.


What an excellent description.... :? I can think of better things to get than to blow $4 million on a photo. Maybe it's a tax write off?
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Postby LOZ on Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:49 am

LONG LIVE THE BOX BROWNIE :wink:
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Postby sirhc55 on Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:26 am

This is not just about a photograph but of Edward Steichen himself.

He photographed Matisse and one of my favourites - A Portrait of Miss Sawyer and has become one of the Legends of Photography.

This is not just about money, but of a collector wanting a Steichen photograph.
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Postby dooda on Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:46 am

Isn't it also about where the photo is taken in terms of historical context of photography?

Ansel Adams' work doesn't really stand out from a lot of the current photographers, but he was a pioneer in nature photography, so his prints sell a hell of a lot more.
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Postby Matt. K on Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:33 am

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You are perfectly correct Steichen and Steiglitz are both heaviliy collected and their works are art of the highest order. Collecters know what they are doing when they fork out millions for this stuff.
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Postby stephen on Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:36 pm

There is hope for me yet i will sell him something similiar for the measily sum of $2 mill, :lol:
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Postby kenny12 on Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:04 am

i guess everything is about name when it comes to art
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Postby MHD on Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:07 am

mmm.... there are many things I could do with a lazy 4m
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Postby Killakoala on Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:08 pm

MHD wrote:mmm.... there are many things I could do with a lazy 4m


If you had 4 mill to spend on a photograph, you'd already have those things :)
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Postby CraigVTR on Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:09 pm

kenny12 wrote:i guess everything is about name when it comes to art


And when you are dead the price goes up.

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Postby Dug on Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:25 pm

If I have 4 mil to invest I would buy it!

in 12 months it will be worth a lot more.

You have to have money to make money.
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