Paris Auction, HCB Record

[JohnTF]

http://pdnpulse.com/2011/11/cartier-bresson-photo-sets-record-at-christies-auction-in-paris.html#.TsVtl_GLiQo.twitter

Three Auctions.

Beats a sharp stick in the eye?

Regards, John

 

[jan normandale]

let's see how many of those commenting on the Gursky sale come over here and lets see what they say about these prices for snapshots... ;D

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Just mention that they were taken with a Leica and you got yourself a debate 😉

 

[j j]

Blurry, over-cropped, low contrast image. The detail just isn't there. Colour is very poor. Didn't even print it himself. I could do better than that and no one has paid me half a million for my photos.

Will that do for you Jan?

EDIT: Thanks Gabriel. And it was taken on a crappy obsolete camera.

 

[dogbunny]

Interestingly, both this photo and the Gurksy have been manipulated 😛 Well, in this case-- cropped.

 

[Viktor Sebastian]

I prefer the Gursky. Far more impressive in a room.

 

[Pherdinand]

heh. At least this shot is interesting 😉😉

 

[Pherdinand]

I prefer the Gursky. Far more impressive in a room.

that's obvious. You go for size. As we can see form your signature 😀

 

[Viktor Sebastian]

that's obvious. You go for size. As we can see form your signature 😀

But have you clicked it yet? 😀

 

[Viktor Sebastian]

Interestingly, both this photo and the Gurksy have been manipulated 😛 Well, in this case-- cropped.

And staged. Or is that not a valid manipulation technique? 😉

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

The printing process is in itself a manipulation.

Leave it to the retina...although not all do the same, and not all eye lenses are made within factory tolerances.

OK, if only they could come up with in-brain projections. Oh, right, the circuits and processing is a manipulation.

I can picture a dog chasing its tail (not to be confused with the assertion "dog chasing: it's tail")

 

[chathaway]

Blurry, over-cropped, low contrast image. The detail just isn't there. Colour is very poor. Didn't even print it himself. I could do better than that and no one has paid me half a million for my photos.

Will that do for you Jan?

EDIT: Thanks Gabriel. And it was taken on a crappy obsolete camera.

not to mention that's not even HDR...and its value on flickr? meh

 

[DominikDUK]

Saw this print for sale last year for € 25 000 should have bought it then, damn.

Dominik

 

[gdmcclintock]

Gosh, a friend of mine purchased a print of the same HCB photograph several years ago for $5K.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Saw this print for sale last year for € 25 000 should have bought it then, damn.

Dominik

If memory serves me correctly, I saw a print "supervised and approved" by HCB himself a week ago at Paris Photo for I think 12 or 15.000€00 (€ 15,000.00 in other better-standardized civilizations). It was about 8x12 cm (not including the matte, which was included in the price)

 

[Turtle]

I don't like that particular print at all. I have seen much better prints from the same neg.

I do like the image though.

I also quite like the Gursky one.

Oh dear, I have failed to rise to the challenge of being controversial.

 

[Bobbo]

Colour is very poor... And it was taken on a crappy obsolete camera.

It's black and white... I hope the color is poor, otherwise there is something majorly wrong with his film. And just think, in 80 years we will discredit all of your work simply because you used a "crappy obsolete camera," even if you use an M9. 😀

I've seen his own prints. Few survive at lower prices because a) he hated being in the darkroom (there weren't many made) b) he kinda sucked in the darkroom (later prints are better quality printing), and c) the paper in the 30s kinda sucked, too, so the quality that might have been there has eroded over time.

Notice it took 100 prints to get half of what a Gursky goes for. Now, which one has more of an impact on the rest of the photography world?

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Notice it took 100 prints to get half of what a Gursky goes for. Now, which one has more of an impact on the rest of the photography world?

What high-$ tag galleries tend to sell lately vs. what "has an impact on the photography world" do not overlap much, just as much as what clothes are sold at a high-$ tag fashion show vs. what has an impact on the clothed world.

Sad, but true. Some hack the system, others are lucky enough to get there on merit. Connections. Connections.

 

[claacct]

That photo is priceless.

 

[cameron.knight]

But have you clicked it yet? 😀

Viktor! I was browsing your gallery and saw your swings picture in black and white. I shot one eerily similar here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/42885739@N04/4590296499/in/set-72157623482911300

Think we can print and frame them together as a diptych and put them up for auction at Christie's!