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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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Are Magnum Photo prints supposed to all be this expensive? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by EatMeMonster@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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A lot of my favorite street photographers work, the photos in physical prints are only sold on Magnum. And the price feels ridiculously expensive, $10000-$20000 for a photo poster. And its not like I can get the actual digital file or negative to print myself. Is this simply the price I have to pay just for being able to hang the photo as decoration in my room?

and its not like original art or oil painting where there will only be 1 copy ever made. the photo can be printed for very low cost. so I'm basically paying $10000, just for the "idea" of taking a photo?

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[–] MembershipKlutzy1476@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I used to sell my limited edition signed panoramas for $499. 1ftx6ft, mounted.

The Las Vegas strip and Lighting where my biggest sellers.

I made much smaller sizes, unlimited print, for $29, rolled up in a tube. They were 4in x 3ft. (Not a one-to-one reduction) I made these myself and made a boat load of money from them in the early 2000's.

For the right photo, well marketed, there is a lot of money to be made.