In reading an article posted on Linkedin under Photography News by Peter Johnson, I in turn am asking my friends and clients the same question...
What Motivates Someone to Buy Photography?
I'm curious to know how we might rethink
the way photography is perceived and transacted as a collectable art
form. Sure, you buy art because you like it. Or, if you're buying at the
top of the pyramid - for investment. But for those of us who simply
appreciate art and collect it for the personal enjoyment that it brings -
what is the motivator, the call to action? The image, the photographer,
the story, price, size, edition size, print size are all variables,
that for the most part, don't exist in other forms of contemporary art.
And because photography is a reproducible art form, does that mean that
collectors interpret the value differently? Would I be more likely to
buy someone's work because they were involved with a non-profit that I
liked, or helped kids or because I want to be a part of a community of
other people that buy their work? What you think? What would make you buy a photograph over any other type of 2 dimensional art?
Link can be found at: http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&discussionID=223458326&gid=3503915&commentID=125542645&goback=.amf_3503915_84655800&trk=NUS_DISC_Q-subject#commentID_125542645
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