From the latest issue of finity by the great David Vestal, talking about his latest inkjet prints:
They will not be “limited editions”, which are, to say it politely, phony baloney. That’s a mass-production scheme in which a fixed limited number of prints is promised (and often cheated on) to give credulous art collectors the illusion of rarity, the art-biz word for scarcity, which, they are told, magically adds value to pictures.
But when a photo is good it’s good, and when it’s not it’s not, regardless of how few or many prints are made and sold.
Word. It’s incredible how much shit the art dealers make up, the artists willingly take up (their asses), and the audience just quietly nod and accept. Let me repeat Mr. Vestal: “when a photo is good it’s good, and when it’s not it’s not” - it does not matter if some NY Times critic love the photographer, or if the picture is hung on a pristine white wall in a gallery.
Now, the question of what’s good or not - that’s a whole different topic.
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