$1.99 good price! Burt I wouldnt part with mine even for $70...
On Amazon and on ebay for books or anything else there is always someone
who is asking rediculously high prices hoping some
sucker will search for a title or specific object and the high priced
item will come up first...
someoen on ebay was asking over $400 I think it was for my out of print
book... I wrote him directly to point out what must have been a typo..
a couple of weeks went by and nothing changed... cant remember if I
wrote him again or reported him to Amazon.
At least on ebay "best offer" is possible - "what the market will
bear" is one thing but the extremes are puzzling at the least.
What hurts most online now is that large companies with deep pockets and
large inventories can offer just about anything for a penny or
start a listing on ebay for 99 cents or less on something that is a
steal at $50 normally and can bear the loss if someone manages the
timing to get it for only 99 cents or less.
Right now ebay is quite slow, especially for things I sell , but I'm not
alone - everytime they offer is 500 free listings for a limited period
of time
you know everyone is hurting.
End of rant - back to photography
ann
On 4/6/2017 5:32 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
That book is going for a range of prices from $1.99 to over 70 bucks
on Amazon. Majority in Good condition. Similar at Abe Books. How in
the world do they price these things?
I have another book from that same series and vintage, hardcover. Got
it for $8 from the US.
Good Erwitt info, Ann. Thanks!
On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 11:08 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote:
Bruce...
Yup, Erwitt set up the shot with the kid on the bicycle... (The original is
in color, by the way) _This was an advertising gig_
Never any claim made anywhere that it was candid...
He was hired by Doyle Dand Bernbach to shoot photos for the French Tourist
Office.
See page 60-61 , Elliott ErwItt THE PRIVATE EXPERIENCE... personal insights
of a profesional photographer.©1974
Cromwell ISBN 0-690-00624-1
It's an interesting read. hmmm - wonder how much my first printing of this
is worth now. I have the soft cover.
ann
On 4/5/2017 9:45 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
For instance, there's lots of love for Elliot Erwitt here. I only
recently learned that he often staged his shots. The prime example
given was the French boy on a bicycle with a couple of baguettes,
which he apparently setup with the help of a couple of friends.
http://www.hlphotogallery.com/sites/default/files/HLphoto_Elliott_Erwitt_Provence_France_Boy_Bicycle%26Baguette.jpg
Does this make him any less of a photographer or the image any less
iconic?
Does Steve McCurry's set up shots make him less of a photographer or
the images any less iconic?
We're all taught how to make our images stand out and get noticed, and
both these figures were doing just that. Unfortunately for him, Steve
broke some rules imposed by NatGeo.
I still love his work.
On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 9:17 PM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote:
This was happening last year, but I didn't see it.
As far as I can tell, it was not discussed here. So, for those, who like
myself missed it completely.
Apparently, people discovered quite a few digital manipulations as well
as
"staging" of the photos by Steve McCurry.
https://petapixel.com/2016/06/07/eyes-afghan-girl-critical-take-steve-mccurry-scandal/
(and links therein)
Enjoy!
Igor
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