19 most expensive photographs ever sold

[Jeffbridge]

Here's a cool article listing (and showing) the top 19 most expensive photographs. Interesting that Cindy Sherman has 2 on this list. I like Cindy Sherman's story. She's a unique photographer, to say the least.

http://www.photographytalk.com/photo...aphs-ever-sold

[lukaswerth]

Thanks for the link, throws light on what goes as photo art in these days. But I suppose that such sales depend on marketing strategies as much as on anything else, and on what comes on the market: just like this old daguerreotype, or tintype or whatever it is, of Billy the Kid. And I wonder ho bought that picture of te Russian president. Not bad, but an all-time high sale...

The 4. 99 cent II Diptychon is, by the way, also from Gursky.

Finally, I don't think one should be too much interested or impressed by such sales. There is a lot of marvelous photographers not among them - I think, for instance, Diane Arbus is at least as interesting as Cindy Sherman.

Lukas

[Marie Hass]

Interesting. Thanks for posting.

Marie

[Richard Lundberg]

First sentence of the website: "It has been a long debate weather photography has its place at the fine art table or not. " I've never heard weather photography discussed this intellectually before.

[nikon66]

Thanks a lot, interesting website.

[AndrewMcD]

To my mind the fundamental flaw with the article is that it implicitly suggests that in order to qualify as art you have to be a commercial success. As Richard points out, the "weather" error sort of sets the stage......
Andrew