No money in photography...

[Lost Canadian]

Pfff,...ya right. Andreas Gursky's Rhein II just sold for,... you may want to sit down first, $4,338,500! Ya, that's a four, as in million,... for a photograph.

Christie's Link

 

[Tucson T4R]

Maybe he can pick up a new lens now. :elkgrin:

That's a crazy price.:Wow1:

 

[Bikemobile]

Im not the most cultured feller but whats the appeal in that photo?

 

[PirateMcGee]

if you cross your eyes and stare at it long enough a unicorn emerges and gives you 5 million dollars.....


you got me, I mean the composition is nice but I wouldn't buy that photo for $20....

 

[Christian P.]

for that price, ($4,266,500), you could also get 2 basketballs in a fish tank.

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/...ls.aspx?pos=6&intObjectID=5496717&sid=&page=2

I think I need to take some art classes.

 

[ywen]

modern art is mostly garbage...

 

[ywen]

best is to listen to the audio description... wow a whole lot of bs

"The idea of making a joke, which is orally conveyed, and making it into imagery is a radical idea." LOL art majors... http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/...ls.aspx?pos=9&intObjectID=5496720&sid=&page=2

 

[AFSOC]

That's a pretty big price for a photo. It doesn't even have an Overland vehicle carefully posed anywhere in it.

 

[cnynrat]

Here's a list of the highest prices paid for a photograph. This one is at the top of the list. :Wow1:

The photo doesn't really do anything for me. I'd rather have bought Moonrise, Hernandez for $609k (#19 on the list). Then I'd spend a hundred bucks or so on a couple of basketballs and a fish tank at Target and I'd be way ahead. :ylsmoke:

 

[mountainpete]

Right click, save as, $4M saved.

 

[Bikemobile]

I like the one of billy the kid.

 

[Lost Canadian]

I really like Gursky's Bahrain I from the MoMA collection.

 

[007]

Wow! Those profit margins blow corporate greed out of the water, its time to start regulating this industry In reality, these photo prices are actually just large donations, and the photo is just a token right?

 

[cnynrat]

I really like Gursky's Bahrain I from the MoMA collection.

I do like that photo. I believe that is the F1 racetrack in Bahrain.

 

[Every Miles A Memory]

if you cross your eyes and stare at it long enough a unicorn emerges and gives you 5 million dollars.....

you got me, I mean the composition is nice but I wouldn't buy that photo for $20....

My thoughts exactly. If I saw that in a gallery for sale, I'd question how the photographer knew the gallery owner to get their image hung on the wall.

for that price, ($4,266,500), you could also get 2 basketballs in a fish tank.

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/...ls.aspx?pos=6&intObjectID=5496717&sid=&page=2

I think I need to take some art classes.

HAHAHAHAHA!!

That's a pretty big price for a photo. It doesn't even have an Overland vehicle carefully posed anywhere in it.

Even Funnier!!

Right click, save as, $4M saved.

Yeah, print it up and hang it in your house and show your friends the link.:elkgrin: