tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057826380522065501.post8247203660542888504..comments2023-12-28T23:27:33.142-05:00Comments on DLK COLLECTION: The Big Stories of PhotographyDLKCOLLECTIONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14875914464454488384noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057826380522065501.post-16941178346915310542009-05-26T15:49:51.898-04:002009-05-26T15:49:51.898-04:00RedSardine,
Thanks for the thoughtful comments. I...RedSardine,<br /><br />Thanks for the thoughtful comments. I wholeheartedly agree with you that "emotional response" as you phrase it should be the primary driver for collecting; it's certainly how we do things at least. I think the ideas in this particular post/comments were headed along a different tangent, more focused on how emerging artists are (or are not) related to the larger stories that surround photography in a journalistic/critical sense, which isn't quite the same perespective as that of collectors, but still potentially interesting (we think). <br /><br />I agree with you on Gutschow and Hugo; they are both excellent. I am less familiar with Martins and the particular body of work you are referring to for Leonard, so we'll put them in the queue for further review. Thanks!DLKCOLLECTIONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14875914464454488384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057826380522065501.post-35873747514696195672009-05-26T07:05:19.558-04:002009-05-26T07:05:19.558-04:00I would hope that an emerging photographer is driv...I would hope that an emerging photographer is driven by forces more fundamental than the commercial environment and what best caters to current tastes and trends. The fun of collecting is responding to work that is produced by another human who has the ability to send a relevant message to the world through their art. If their work happens to be picked up by the market, that is marvellous, but the related sensation of satisfaction should never be more than a by-product of what should be the central motivation for collecting in my view — emotional response to work.<br /><br />I have responded to Beat Gutschow, who was brought to my attention at a London photography fair. I thought her work was very powerful and intelligent. The fact that she has eventually been picked up by Sonnabend is "good news" in a market sense, but in reality just means that it will cost me considerably more going forward to add more work. Other emerging photographers I have responded to include Zoe Leonard (more a case of re-emerging, but her dye transfers from the Analogue series are spectacular works in my view), Edgar Martins (again intelligent work) and Pieter Hugo (couldn't get his images out of my head after seeing them in vitamin Ph).RedSardinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516577774255914008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057826380522065501.post-57738156989864476622009-05-22T11:59:28.440-04:002009-05-22T11:59:28.440-04:00Wesley,
I actually think emerging photographers f...Wesley,<br /><br />I actually think emerging photographers fit into all four of the larger narratives. The interesting challenge is that they are typically not a big story all by themselves, but are part of bigger themes and movements going on all around them, their actions as examples of the larger idea or of the bleeding edge scene. <br /><br />How an emerging photographer taps into or gets aligned with one of these big stores as a way to get attention for his/her work is perhaps something worth thinking about further.DLKCOLLECTIONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14875914464454488384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057826380522065501.post-31673747622954748342009-05-21T16:37:11.393-04:002009-05-21T16:37:11.393-04:00Sorry, I meant #1 & #3, not 2 but now I see it...Sorry, I meant #1 & #3, not 2 but now I see it's probably more like 1,3, and 4.J. Wesley Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978967238356104467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057826380522065501.post-60291116372655696432009-05-21T16:36:02.412-04:002009-05-21T16:36:02.412-04:00You forgot "How does an emerging photographer get ...You forgot "How does an emerging photographer get their work noticed, get shows, prepare properly for a reviews, edit a cohesive body of work, write statements etc...?"<br /><br />Maybe that fits under number 1? Maybe number 2? Certainly not one without the other. Is this a new category all together that can be expanded?J. Wesley Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978967238356104467noreply@blogger.com