paul stenquist wrote:
Oh, so the problem is that Lik makes money. Good for him. I love seeing
photographers achieve financial success by producing something people want.
What a novel idea! I admire Rockwell’s ability to make a buck, but I consider
him a buffoon. Lik also knows how to make money, but he does it with
intelligence, so I respect him. I’ve never been jealous of those who earn more
than I do. More power to them.
In case it wasn't obvious the snark in my comment was not directed at
Mr. Lik. My first exposure to him was when I was staying with a friend
and there was some show about him on TV. My reaction to what he said and
his presentation was that he was on overly dramatic pompous buffoon. I
was far more impressed by the videography in that episode than the
photos that he took.
My impression of his work photographically is that he is indeed a
competent photographer. However, if one of his shots with the 645Z were
to make it into the PDML annual, I don't think that it would stand out
as any better than most of the other landscape photos.
I do recognize that what I objected to on the TV show could well have
more to do with the medium than him, and I do not object to any artist
making an honest living with their work.
I am somewhat conflicted over his separating suckers from their money by
selling his photos as an artwork investment. In a situation somewhat
like the gels from the Disney animated movies, in reality the supply far
exceeds the demand on the market, so when people try to recoup their
investment in his "art", they find that the would end up losing money in
the process.
As was pointed out, Kinkade would probably be a more apt comparison.
However, I contend that selling investments that lose money can be
equivalent to selling advice that is wrong, and in that regard Lik and
Rockwell are cut from the same cloth.
Paul
On Jun 25, 2015, at 7:56 PM, Larry Colen<l...@red4est.com> wrote:
Paul Stenquist wrote:
A ridiculous comparison. Like his vision or not, Lik obviously has a great deal
of technical expertise. Rockwell has none.
However, they both do a tremendous job of uniting those of us who don't make
enough off our photography each year to pay for the hard drive storage we use.
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