The collector is an artist in his own way, by the way he puts things together. You can read a person's soul from their collection. Ayers Tarantino 1-Introduction My art collection started by collecting my own art. The process was simple and unconscious. I created art, no one would buy it so I kept it. Being unable to throw away my own art it became, unwillingly, part … [Read more...]
Alain Briot
Alain Briot creates fine art photographs, teaches workshops and offers DVD tutorials on composition, raw conversion, optimization, printing and marketing. Alain is the author of Mastering Landscape Photography, Mastering Photographic Composition and Marketing Fine Art Photography. All 3 books are available from Alain’s website as well as from most bookstores. You can find more information about Alain's work, writings and tutorials as well as subscribe to Alain’s Free Monthly Newsletter on his website. You will receive over 40 essays in PDF format, including chapters from Alain’s books, when you subscribe.
Collecting Art Part 3: Visiting Galleries
To own a piece of work done by an Artist is to possess one of their facets, one of the windows of their life. David Dory 1 - Introduction The first thing I did in 1994 after deciding to sell my photographs was to look for a gallery that was willing to carry my work. In the town I lived in at the time, Houghton-Hancock in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the choice was … [Read more...]
Collecting Art Part 2: Visiting Museums
Serious collectors that I know are focused on the art. They are not looking for a decorative item, or a good investment. There is some aspect of the work itself that has hooked them. Eleanor Blair 1 - Introduction The first original Dali painting I saw was Seven Apparitions of Lenin on a Piano at the Beaubourg Museum in Paris as it was then called. My Beaux Arts student … [Read more...]
Printing With ImagePrint 10
1. Introduction I rarely write about software or even hardware for that matter. However, I do so occasionally when something I value is worthy of mentioning, especially if it is overlooked for one reason or another. Such is the case with ImagePrint, the subject of this essay. 2. What is ImagePrint? ImagePrint is a RIP, a Raster Image Processing program. The sole function … [Read more...]
Collecting Art Part 1: Introduction
COLLECTING art "The object is not to make art. It is to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable" Robert Henri 1. Introduction I approach photography as art and I consider collecting art to be an essential aspect of being an artist. For these reasons, I decided to write a series of four essays in which I look at the process of collecting art. I will start … [Read more...]
