tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27557058.post116131323237174198..comments2024-01-18T05:34:40.549-07:00Comments on Behind The Lens: The Cost Of A PrintGeorge Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745541057122821349noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27557058.post-1161460936411494332006-10-21T14:02:00.000-06:002006-10-21T14:02:00.000-06:00Well, if you try to take into account all costs an...Well, if you try to take into account all costs and make art-making a pure dollars and cents business, I believe that unless you are one of the "annointed" ones, you are probably doomed to make less than the minimum wage if you REALLY add up all costs including time and equipment. I suspect that if you are a like many of us and have day jobs that feed the family, then our art sales are just a nice spin-off of our passion for photography.<BR/><BR/>Then the choice comes down to whether we would like more people to have our work (sharing our vision and passion with others) by selling low, or having that ocassional big sale and wondering why more people don't buy our work.<BR/><BR/>If you are one of those "free market" fans, then the REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE message is that society does not value our work at prices that we feel it should. Very bitter pill to swallow. I think that is why we have these discussions....<BR/><BR/>Thanks for continuing your meaty postings!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com