januaryman
"Flim? You want flim?"
I started entering competition at my local art league, had several juried in over the months there and in Maryland and New York, but never a sale. I inadvertently under-priced one in Annapolis and it sold. This month I had my wife run into the Art League to enter 2 photos and she, again, put down a price lower than I had (I thought) told her. It sold, too.
I guess either I have found my price point or I have come to the realization that the economy has hit everywhere and people just do not have the cash to spare for wall art as they once did.
What was shocking was - I didn't care that I didn't get what I had thought the photograph was worth - or that there wasn't a big cash reward for me; the reward was in finding that someone, not a relative, had found my photograph interesting enough to display on their wall. I can accept that, now. Has anyone felt the same, or had a similar experience? Big burden off my shoulders to discover this about myself.
I find it better that I shoot what I want, what I think is "art" and not just an assignment or a job - happily I am still employed, and still able to do that. I'm not putting down people who must shoot to feed themselves, but it feels good to be appreciated for my vision. Such as it is. Helped my morale a lot, too, needless to say.
UPDATE/ P.S. - Of the two I sold, one was taken nearly 40 years ago with a Yashica Minister D fixed lens RF! The other was a couple of years back, a Bessa R and Jupiter 9. Go figure.
I guess either I have found my price point or I have come to the realization that the economy has hit everywhere and people just do not have the cash to spare for wall art as they once did.
What was shocking was - I didn't care that I didn't get what I had thought the photograph was worth - or that there wasn't a big cash reward for me; the reward was in finding that someone, not a relative, had found my photograph interesting enough to display on their wall. I can accept that, now. Has anyone felt the same, or had a similar experience? Big burden off my shoulders to discover this about myself.
I find it better that I shoot what I want, what I think is "art" and not just an assignment or a job - happily I am still employed, and still able to do that. I'm not putting down people who must shoot to feed themselves, but it feels good to be appreciated for my vision. Such as it is. Helped my morale a lot, too, needless to say.
UPDATE/ P.S. - Of the two I sold, one was taken nearly 40 years ago with a Yashica Minister D fixed lens RF! The other was a couple of years back, a Bessa R and Jupiter 9. Go figure.
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