Magnum Collection or just more Monetizing?

I'm finding the response to this utterly amazing. Let's see, a folio of 8 8x10 images by a single photographer (includes Bruce Gilden, for god's sake), edition is limited to 100, each image is copyrighted stamped by the photographer, printed on Fujicolor Crystal Archive (most fade resistant for a C-Print there is), and for the cost of $31 / print.

And a suggestion about screen capture with a trip to Costco emerges. Where is this coming from? It's not cheap enough??? Do we not appreciate photography? Maybe we should just pick and choose from the RFF gallery and head for Costco.

I have several folios from Brooks Jensen (Lenswork), of various photographers. It is an extremely nice way to collect photographs, without the effort of framing.
 
faberryman said:
Which portfolio(s) will you be purchasing?
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And what does that have to do with Costco??? You started this ridiculous, insulting vector.

I'd probably go for the Christopher Anderson folio, but I purchased one of the Square Print images last week (my sixth), so my monthly Magnum budget has been used up.
 
plummerl said:
I'm finding the response to this utterly amazing. Let's see, a folio of 8 8x10 images by a single photographer (includes Bruce Gilden, for god's sake), edition is limited to 100, each image is copyrighted stamped by the photographer, printed on Fujicolor Crystal Archive (most fade resistant for a C-Print there is), and for the cost of $31 / print.

And a suggestion about screen capture with a trip to Costco emerges. Where is this coming from? It's not cheap enough??? Do we not appreciate photography? Maybe we should just pick and choose from the RFF gallery and head for Costco.

I have several folios from Brooks Jensen (Lenswork), of various photographers. It is an extremely nice way to collect photographs, without the effort of framing.
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My sentiments exactly.
 
No one so far has indicated that he is going to purchase any of the portfolios. For those not interested, explain why not.

We know plummerl has already maxed out his monthly Magnum budget (which, since he purchased a square print for $100, his budget will never allow him to purchase one of the $250 portfolios anyway). Mich rassena said "I don't see any image in this series compelling enough to be willing to pay $30 for each print", which is pretty much where I am.

Is it the cost? Is it the selection of photographers/photographs? Is it that you'll look at them a couple of times and then put them in a drawer? Is it that they are unlikely to appreciate? Is it that you could buy a coffee table size book of the photographers' work for less than the cost of the prints? Is it that you would rather buy 40 rolls of film or a couple of boxes of paper and do your own work?
 
faberryman said:
Is it the cost? Is it the selection of photographers/photographs? Is it that you'll look at them a couple of times and then put them in a drawer?
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For me, it is not the cost. I think they are priced well. However, I'm not into these particular selections.
 
faberryman said:
No one so far has indicated that he is going to purchase any of the portfolios. For those not interested, explain why not.

We know plummerl has already maxed out his monthly Magnum budget (which, since he purchased a square print for $100, his budget will never allow him to purchase one of the $250 portfolios anyway). Mich rassena said "I don't see any image in this series compelling enough to be willing to pay $30 for each print", which is pretty much where I am.

Is it the cost? Is it the selection of photographers/photographs? Is it that you'll look at them a couple of times and then put them in a drawer? Is it that they are unlikely to appreciate? Is it that you could buy a coffee table size book of the photographers' work for less than the cost of the prints? Is it that you would rather buy 40 rolls of film or a couple of boxes of paper and do your own work?
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I think they are priced fine but none of the prints interest me. I'd buy a set if they had selections from the right photographers. Koudelka would interest me a lot.
 
faberryman said:
No one so far has indicated that he is going to purchase any of the portfolios. For those not interested, explain why not.

We know plummerl has already maxed out his monthly Magnum budget (which, since he purchased a square print for $100, his budget will never allow him to purchase one of the $250 portfolios anyway). Mich rassena said "I don't see any image in this series compelling enough to be willing to pay $30 for each print", which is pretty much where I am.

Is it the cost? Is it the selection of photographers/photographs? Is it that you'll look at them a couple of times and then put them in a drawer? Is it that they are unlikely to appreciate? Is it that you could buy a coffee table size book of the photographers' work for less than the cost of the prints? Is it that you would rather buy 40 rolls of film or a couple of boxes of paper and do your own work?
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Why? Was there some requirement that one must state why and what they buy for you?

I buy art when I like what I see, feel like it, want it, and don't feel that I have to broadcast or justify what I'm spending my money on to you or anyone else.

G
 
faberryman said:
No one so far has indicated that he is going to purchase any of the portfolios. For those not interested, explain why not.

We know plummerl has already maxed out his monthly Magnum budget (which, since he purchased a square print for $100, his budget will never allow him to purchase one of the $250 portfolios anyway). Mich rassena said "I don't see any image in this series compelling enough to be willing to pay $30 for each print", which is pretty much where I am.

Is it the cost? Is it the selection of photographers/photographs? Is it that you'll look at them a couple of times and then put them in a drawer? Is it that they are unlikely to appreciate? Is it that you could buy a coffee table size book of the photographers' work for less than the cost of the prints? Is it that you would rather buy 40 rolls of film or a couple of boxes of paper and do your own work?
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you've skipped me.
 
faberryman said:
No requirement. All posts on RFF are purely voluntary. Don't know why you thought otherwise.
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Because you keep insisting that people tell you what they are buying and, when they don't, you complain that no one has said anything. Give it a rest.

You don't consider this a good deal, it seems. Many others do. That's all.

G
 
faberryman said:
Like I said: "not that I am encouraging you to do so"

OMG - stamped by Magnum. :eek:

Have you looked at the portfolios? Which one would you buy as an investment?
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I think you actually nailed it in the head, and the reaction like "Whaaat...???" is not warranted here. The presentation is not at the "collectors level", and at this day and age not a lot of people want to spend money on idea of print, rather than print itself.
I will not be buying. My reason: I just don't know what to do with it if I did, other than for investment, and that's been already discussed above.
Reportage photographs do not look right on a walls of house. Maybe office, maybe. But not really. These photographs (some are genius) belong in the book, I think.
 
I would buy prints if they were from a photographer I liked, say Salgado or HBC.

Last couple of years, my wife bought me a couple of Ansel Adams prints from the Adams gallery. Didn't buy them as investment, but because I like the images and wanted prints from the actual negatives (so I read IIRC).

If Adams et al can do it, why not Magnum? As for screen captures, costco prints and stunts like that, I'll leave that to each person's own sense of values.
 
Sorry, I scroll it all down to do some math and tell what I think.

249$ is it total for this? Which is eight (8) good quality prints from some name I have no knowledge about and some content I have zero interest in.
Sorry, if it was already mentioned above, 249/8 is 31$ for the Magnum print.
I think, it is dirt cheap for Magnum. Or I'm constantly skunked by my local camera store, which does good quality print and all of the pre-printing job for something like 15$.
And Magnum wants 31$ for C type print. HOLLY SMOKE it is CHEAP.
 
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