Well, FWIW, my snark was aimed at Lik.
While he is indeed a competent photographer, his style is not exactly to
my taste, and his self promotion occasionally gets on my nerves.
I also think the value of his images does not justify the price of his
prints. I know others disagree, but that's fine with me. It's my opinion
& I'm the only one who has to deal with the consequences.
That said, if someone were to offer me an ungodly amount of money for
one of my images, I'd take the money and run ... in a New York minute.
What I hope I would *NOT* do is break my arm trying to pat myself on the
back pretending that just because someone was willing to spend a lot of
money for my work it makes me superior to everyone else.
On 6/27/2015 12:03 AM, Ken Waller wrote:
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.
The difference is he is a well known name if photographic circles and as
far as I know none on the PDML'ers are.
I am somewhat conflicted over his separating suckers from their money
by selling his photos as an artwork investment.
So I assume if someone were to offer you an ungodly amount for one of
your images you'd refuse !
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Colen" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Pentax spotted
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<[email protected]> 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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