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Selling Photography
by Jo O'BrienThis is based on my experience working at markets and in “painting and sculpture” galleries. I have heard of exclusively photographic gal…
This is based on my experience working at markets and in “painting and sculpture” galleries. I have heard of exclusively photographic galleries (collaborative- not just for a single photographer) which are an easier market but I am yet to find one in Melbourne. DISCLAIMER: The opinions presented in this journal are not a substitute for professional advice and are based on analogical evidence Things that I have found help to sell photography are: / 1) Taking a strikingly lucky, creative and one off image that others would struggle to replicate / 2) Presenting your photos in an original way / 3) Providing support material to the seller about the image and yourself / 4) Signing the image and providing info on the back / 5) Having a variety of photos available for sale / 6) Only having one copy of each image on display Things I have found detract from selling photography / 1) Inferior or unsuitable framing or packaging / 2) You are selling a whole bunch of your images and most of them look similar- or more so, look like you took them all on the same day / 3) No information about the image is available / 4) No image about the photographer is available / 5) I hate to say it but photographers with birthdates in the 1980s should consider omitting this information from their biography because youth = inexperience in the minds of some buyers. The exception seems to be works using a lot of photomanipulation. / 6) Damaged prints or packaging / 7) And it might have seemed the most obvious point but images that are not interesting, or that do not fufil a decorative need There are many ways of presentaion your images including: / 1) Loose prints or posters / 2) Matted prints (and whether to sign the image or the mat) / 3) Canvas Prints / 4) Framed Prints / 5) Putting your images on other products (tastefully) Generally speaking, bad presentation will doom the sale of even the most amazing photograph and that the more creative and unusual your presentation, the more attention you and your work will recieve. Who has some other tips?
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They’re a biography – with no words, ‘cause they don’t need. / Finger of works in field and devotion to a family. / Hands lived for others – hands of a woman of another time. Intense life.
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Acrylic on Canvas (Original Sold) Concept: Felt an urge to paint Phoebe in a Gustave Klimt-inspired costume after reading his biography. Was curious how Phoebe would look in it. A far cry from the master’s but painting Phoebe in that was fun!
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First from 4 in a sort of autobiographical series. / More to come…. / —-—-—-- Model: Steve Bell
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In the asylum Jane became a favourite of the nuns. One of her mother’s many lovers also took an interest her. She came under the care of Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot, and his trainee Sigmund Freud, experts on “female hysterics” and she calmed down. / text by Victor Barker The Life of Jane Avril (2 of 17) / acrylic and aquarelle on two panels Victor Barker on RB
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Released to the streets of Paris at age sixteen, Jane worked at whatever day jobs were available. But she became depressed and was saved from throwing herself in the Seine by a young medical student passing by. She became his lover and he took her to a little club known as the Bal Bullier. She was so happy she got up and started to dance. / text by Victor Barker The Life of Jane Avril (4 of 17) / acrylic and aquarelle on two panels Victor Barker on RB
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After stints as a rider at the Hippodrome in the Avenue de l’Alma, and as a cashier at the World’s Fair of 1889 in the same year, Jane began as a professional dancer at the Moulin Rouge. She soon became a featured solo dancer. / text by Victor Barker The Life of Jane Avril (6 of 17) / acrylic and aquarelle on two panels Victor Barker on RB
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In 1895, the owners of the Moulin Rouge offered her a great deal of money to take on the risky task of replacing the most famous dancer in Paris – La Goulue. Graceful, soft-spoken, and melancholic, Jane Avril gave a refined, sensitive dance presentation – the opposite of the very bodacious La Goulue. Nevertheless, the club’s patrons adored her and she became one of the most recognizable names of the Parisian nightlife. She was popular at other venues in Paris and abroad, with a touring schedule including a comedic role in The Belle of New York and even a tragic part in a production of Peer Gynt. / text by Victor Barker The Life of Jane Avril (8 of 17) / acrylic and aquarelle on two panels Victor Barker on RB
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When not performing, she frequented Parisian literary circles and was a regular spectator on the café-concert scene. / text by Victor Barker The Life of Jane Avril (9 of 17) / acrylic and aquarelle on two panels Victor Barker on RB
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The couple moved to a home in Jouy-en-Josas at the outskirts of Paris. / text by Victor Barker The Life of Jane Avril (13 of 17) / acrylic and aquarelle on two panels Victor Barker on RB
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However, like her father, her husband soon began to stray, often disappearing for days at a time, and for years she lived a miserable existence with the irresponsible Biais. Without any financial support following his death in 1926, Avril lived in near poverty on what little was left of her own savings. / text by Victor Barker The Life of Jane Avril (14 of 17) / acrylic and aquarelle on two panels Victor Barker on RB
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She remained in provincial poverty and anonymity except for a single return, in later life, to a Paris she no longer recognized. / text by Victor Barker The Life of Jane Avril (15 of 17) / acrylic and aquarelle on two panels Victor Barker on RB
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Her admirers somehow tracked her down and, in 1941, arranged a celebratory “grand finale” for her in the capital. / text by Victor Barker The Life of Jane Avril (16 of 17) / acrylic and aquarelle on two panels Victor Barker on RB
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There the white-haired Jane improvised a mesmerizing dance that brought back the grace of earlier years. Jane Avril died in a seniors’ home in 1943 at the age of 75. Before she died she looked back on her famous career and said: / “ I have fluttered my way through our epoch without revealing an inkling of the depths of my innermost soul…” text by Victor Barker The Life of Jane Avril (17 of 17) / acrylic and aquarelle on two panels Victor Barker on RB
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Six Word Biography: What's Yours?
by Kristin ReynoldsHi there, talented RB gang! I’m sure some of you may know of the 6 word biography challenge, first put to Hemingway, in which he wrote…
Hi there, talented RB gang! I’m sure some of you may know of the 6 word biography challenge, first put to Hemingway, in which he wrote, “For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn.” he said that those were the hardest six words he ever wrote, as in, they took him longer to write than anything else he’d ever written. I tok it upon myself a few years back, to wrote one of my own, and let me tell you, he was so right, those were the hardest 6 words to find. To find just 6 words by which to sum up oneself…it’s tough. I write poems in a matter of minutes, but this? It took me days. Mine ended up being: / Fallen star, working my way home. So! I am wondering what your six words would be. Six words to sum you up. Any ideas? :) have fun!
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Timothy Darvill, Professor of Archaeology at Bournemouth University, has recently revealed research that he believes shows that Stonehenge was an ancient healing place. In his new book ‘Stonehenge: The Biography of a Landscape’ the professor cites that human remains excavated from burial mounds near Stonehenge, reveal that many of the buried had been ill prior to their death. The remains also seem to have come from far and wide, like the Amesbury Archer who originated from what is now known as Switzerland. The professor believes that Stonehenge would have been mainly used during the winter solstice, when our ancestors believed it was occupied by Apollo, the Greek and Roman god of Healing. The stones are great / And magic power they have / Men that are sick / Fare to that stone / And they wash that stone / And with that water bathe away their sickness..... Layamon’s poem, ‘Brut’, written around AD1215 seems to reinforce this use of Stonehenge, and is one of the earliest Megalithic Poems. I dedicate this painting in gratitude, to Sir Cecil Herbert Edward Chubb, 1st Baronet ,14 April 1876 – 22 September 1934 – who was the last private owner of Stonehenge and donated this wonderful site to the British Government in 1918. Music – Ode to Stonehenge Painting using acrylics, inks, pigments and graphite. / 42×102cm on paper. September, 13th 2009
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