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$3.9Million USD

AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
edited May 21, 2011 in The Big Picture
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2011/05/13/136273419/meet-the-worlds-most-expensive-photo?sc=fb&cc=fp

:uhoh
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    1scrappychic1scrappychic Registered Users Posts: 53 Big grins
    edited May 15, 2011
    wow....that's crazy.
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    GlassDarklyGlassDarkly Registered Users Posts: 14 Big grins
    edited May 15, 2011
    Andy wrote: »
    http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2011/05/13/136273419/meet-the-worlds-most-expensive-photo?sc=fb&cc=fp

    :uhoh

    Saw that story...what's up with that?
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    HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2011
    Basically you have more than one person who wants the same thing. They all have $ to burn and while they have a $ surplus they are a tad short in the grey matter dept. Fortunately for the artist they are real stubborn.
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    PupatorPupator Registered Users Posts: 2,322 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2011
    Time to scan the thing and sell the reprints for $1M each. :)
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    W.W. WebsterW.W. Webster Registered Users Posts: 3,204 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2011
    Pupator wrote: »
    Time to scan the thing and sell the reprints for $1M each. :)
    Doesn't conventional wisdom on these boards say you must offer downloads? :D
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    lanaerlanaer Registered Users Posts: 78 Big grins
    edited May 15, 2011
    Well for that shot, the download must obviously be priced at $1B :D
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    SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2011
    Time to start doing those self portraits. :ivar:ivarwings.gifbarb

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    kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited May 16, 2011
    I wonder what kind of comments that shot would have gotten in the people forum.

    "Great shot, but the dress clashes with the tile floor."
    "Awkward crop of the model's left arm."
    "Hot spot on forehead, and what's she holding with her right hand?"
    "Misses the mark, but good effort. Keep shooting!"



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    FoquesFoques Registered Users Posts: 1,951 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2011
    kdog wrote: »
    I wonder what kind of comments that shot would have gotten in the people forum.

    "Great shot, but the dress clashes with the tile floor."
    "Awkward crop of the model's left arm."
    "Hot spot on forehead, and what's she holding with her right hand?"
    "Misses the mark, but good effort. Keep shooting!"



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    that's what bothers me so much about photography..

    Daily do I see images in magazines, on billboards etc.. Daily do I think to myself "wow, I would've totally scrapped that shot if I took it"..

    where does one stop..? how to know what is good enough?

    that's crazy, about this shot.. I just don't get paying so much for.. that..
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    David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,199 moderator
    edited May 16, 2011
    Look what's at the top right of this book!

    But $3.9M? headscratch.gif :crazy
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    RogersDARogersDA Registered Users Posts: 3,502 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2011
    I'll say it...if I had 3.9 million spare change just laying around I would not have bought that.
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    Scott McLeod PhotoScott McLeod Photo Registered Users Posts: 77 Big grins
    edited May 17, 2011
    No matter how bad you think your work is, there maybe someone out there who gives it a much higher value.
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    RedfaxRedfax Registered Users Posts: 27 Big grins
    edited May 21, 2011
    most likely a case of this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winner's_curse

    I'm not sure if the pattern is 100% but most Tallest Building/Longest Bridge/Fastest Airplane/ etc seem to end up as failures, at least for their investors (they might make a name for the city/company, but they don't make money).
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    FlyNavyFlyNavy Registered Users Posts: 1,350 Major grins
    edited May 21, 2011
    I say we all submit our own version of the exact self portrait pose on this thread? Andy....You first?
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