[artshow_photo] Re: What are your bestselling subjects?

Thank you Larry, this is the kind of information someone new to the art-show scene needs.

From reading previous posts, many people say to treat it like a business, not an art, others disagree. It seems the consensus is there is not consensus.

Since I seemed to receive conflicting information, I asked the question.

I was just trying to figure out what people will buy to hang on their wall, very different than what I consider fine art photography.

Having an art show IS a business and without a little market research, it is a waste of time, money and effort (having an art-fair show, not producing art that is).

-f

--- In artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com, Larry Berman <larry@...> wrote:
>
> I find in general these best selling subjects are a waste of time so
> I don't tend to follow these threads. Otherwise I would have tried to
> close the thread before it got nasty.
>
> It's not the subject as much as it is the skill of the photographer
> and the lighting. Any subject can be captured beautifully by a
> talented photographer.
>
> All an aspiring photographer has to do is walk a few shows to see
> what other photographers are selling. I've always found that my best
> selling images were well done photographs that we (my wife and I)
> meticulously arranged. You would probably call them still lifes and
> they are of subjects no one else is doing.
>
> Here are three set of my all time best selling images:
> http://bermanart.com/gallerystilllife5.htm
> http://bermanbears.com/
> http://bermanart.com/gallery-i-love-you.htm
>
> Larry
>
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> http://BermanGraphics.com
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