Oh Gawd! I'm so tired of all this "what is a good photo, what is a bad
photo" shit! Who the frig cares! If you like it, enjoy it! If you don't like
it, don't buy it! That's the way I approach cameras, motorcycles, booze,
wallpaper - everything. As to "what sells" being the judge of art, what a
crock! On the walls of my company's offices there is "art." It's purpose is
to break up the monotony of blank walls without drawing interest or
attention to itself and without offending anybody. It serves it's purpose
very well, so the crap sells like mad! My boss purchases the stuff by
calling a local office supply store and saying, "Bring in some art to break
up the monotony of the offices, Yeah, about 2'x3' for the smaller offices
and perhaps about 3'x4' for the larger offices. Nah, just send the abstract
stuff." Offices everywhere have this insipid crap. It sells. Does that make
it good? Noooooo. On the other hand, Michelangelo's "David" opened to bad
reviews because "it wasn't this and it wasn't that." For those who still
think that the marketplace should determine what is good art, I have just
two words - Andy Warhol.
You want something that sells and a good marketing strategy? Take photos of
nekkid tits, blow 'um up to 8x10 glossy. Stand on any corner near a junior
high and hawk 'um to trans pubescent, pimple faced boys for a few $ a pop.
Regards,
Bob...
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"The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose
as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers
with the smallest possible amount of hissing."
- Jean-Baptiste Colbert,
minister of finance to French King Louis XIV
