A few month back I shot Eric Rutbergs new shoe line Transparent for his website. Although it is still in beta I couldn’t resist sharing the preview I was sent. I love the way we decided to photograph his shoes. The layout looks beautiful and so are the designs on the product. Who says an ecommerce photographer’s job is boring? How could that be possible, just look at these shoes!
On Thursday, after I didn’t have time to put one up last week too. So I get an “F” at Wallpapers this month. Maybe your November is too busy also and you haven’t noticed. Or maybe you loved the Sedona, AZ wallpaper so much that you were happy to get it for an extra week. Well, I’m flattered. Here is another one for you to enjoy since you enjoyed the last one so much.
Andreas Gursky, Rhein II (1/6)
From The Online Photographers post yesterday, this was too good to not share (thanks to Dana for sending it along to me).
“We have a new winner in the “$12 Million Shark Sweepstakes.” In a smack down of the piker owner of the paltry $3.89 million Cindy Sherman picture that held the record for mere months (since May), a German collector sold one of six copies of Andreas Gursky’s 1999 work “Rhein II” at Christie’s yesterday for $4,338,500 (including buyer’s premium).
And by the way, it’s a Photoshopped pic—there were elements in the scene Gursky didn’t like, so, in his words, “I decided to digitalize the pictures and leave out the elements that bothered me.”* (A. Gursky quoted in A. Ltgens, “Shrines and Ornaments: A Look into the Display Cabinet,” Andreas Gursky: Fotografien 1994–1998, p. xvi). “Like the painter, Gursky constructs his composition, removing all small arbitrary details interrupting his clean horizon.” (Peter Galassi, MoMA.)
It’s now the most expensive photograph ever. Of course, the clock is ticking—for how many months will this record last? Be afraid, Herr G., be very afraid….
—Mike, who’s definitely in the wrong end of this business
(Thanks to Howard French)”
Can I just say there is something to be said for a digital, photoshopped, unarchival image setting the record for highest price ever paid for a photograph? Imagine what a photo that would last more than 50 years would bring in!
The comments were hilarious, here are a few of my favorites:
Featured Comment by Jenny: “The level to which I don’t understand things has been brought to a record height.”
Featured Comment by Will Whitaker: “Gursky who?? Nevermind.
I usually try to get these up early in the day but after retouching somewhere around 450 pairs of shoes over the start of the week I became very single tasked. So if you are a blog subscriber, you’ll see this today and if you are more of a come check it out through Facebook or LinkedIn I’ll post tomorrow morning to promote it all.
The red rocks of Sedona, the only time I ever went, had an insane freak rainstorm blow in. The contrast of the light on the red rock with the dark clouds was almost too beautiful for words. Fortunately, I had my camera so no words were needed.
Sorry Target.com, but you should read my blog post about proof reading your work.
