Althouse: The photograph that sold for $6.5 Million.

१२ डिसेंबर, २०१४

The photograph that sold for $6.5 Million.

"Phantom."

Even as some people don't believe in phantoms, some don't believe in photography.

१२ टिप्पण्या:

tim maguire म्हणाले...: It's a neat picture. If I took it, I might even post it on facebook.; १२/१२/१४, ५:२६ AM
kcom म्हणाले...: I can't imagine spending that kind of money on any photograph. Unless I'm mistaken, it's totally reproducible.

Great value usually comes from scarcity. The photograph is contemporary and reproducible so it's hard to imagine where that value comes from.; १२/१२/१४, ६:०९ AM
lgv म्हणाले...: ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.; १२/१२/१४, ७:०२ AM
lgv म्हणाले...: I have been there and shot Antelope Canyon, as have thousands. This is a great shot, which you could have only done with a view camera in the old days, but not so difficult in today's digital world. I can't imagine this valuation on an photo that can be replicated so easily.

I prefer the series where the photographer hired an Native American to pose with his horse in there.

BTW, a few years before I was there, some people were drowned in a flash flood in the other section of the oft photographed canyon.; १२/१२/१४, ७:०४ AM
Laslo Spatula म्हणाले...: And yet the photographs of Jennifer Lawrence were free.

Sometimes I don't understand capitalism.

I am Laslo.; १२/१२/१४, ७:४८ AM
Tank म्हणाले...: Nice. I would pay $10 for a print of that.; १२/१२/१४, ७:५६ AM
Peter म्हणाले...: Yes but, once one gets started on "That's not art," where does one stop?

Behold (for example) Yves Klein's "IKB 79": is it art, or just a large paint chip?

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/klein-ikb-79-t01513; १२/१२/१४, ८:३९ AM
Laslo Spatula म्हणाले...: Am I the only one who sees how vaginal the photograph looks?

I am Laslo.; १२/१२/१४, ९:०४ AM
buwaya म्हणाले...: Art isn't art.
There is no special spiritual significance to art in any form.
It is just decoration, whatever technique is applied.
Its nice to have pretty things to look at, or use.; १२/१२/१४, ९:२४ AM
Gahrie म्हणाले...: Wow...my copy was free....; १२/१२/१४, ९:३८ AM
mikee म्हणाले...: I might just cut & paste that to be my monitor background for a day or so - until some other artwork catches my eye.

Oh what a time we live in, when a peasant such as I can enjoy the same artwork as the nobbiest of the elite, without paying an extra penny to do so!; १२/१२/१४, १०:०४ AM
अनामित म्हणाले...: Wow, I'm kinda surprised at the responses here.
"Phantom" is, to my eyes, hauntingly beautiful - the right place at precisely the right time.
And if the purchaser didn't also purchase the negative with assurances that no prints or engravings had been made, then he greatly overpaid.
But thank you Prof. Althouse for showing us this work of art.; १२/१२/१४, ११:०५ AM