Author Topic: Print copy on iStock (Read 7817 times)

le_cyclope · « **on:** June 30, 2007, 16:57 »

I just sold a printed copy of one of my photos on iStock. I did not realized that they were selling printed copies anymore...

I wonder how it goes... They print the copy (by the way it's a 16x20 for a 8MP

) and send it by mail? I guess so but it seems a littlebit archaic!

Claude

vicu · « **Reply #1 on:** June 30, 2007, 18:03 »

I've heard the quality is really nice but I haven't ordered one personally. What would you suggest as a better process than mailing out the prints? I'm not sure what you mean when you refer to it as archaic.

le_cyclope · « **Reply #2 on:** June 30, 2007, 18:24 »

I was referring to downloading the picture and then going to the nearest print shop to print it.

In fact, I did not realized that if you use an online print service they will sent it by mail... $:-\$

Claude

Karimala · « **Reply #3 on:** June 30, 2007, 21:28 »

I had a couple of print sales for the first ever in June...and totally had to laugh at one. Will someone please tell me why anyone would by an 11 x 14 print of this paper bag???

pr2is · « **Reply #4 on:** June 30, 2007, 21:46 »

Quote from: Karimala on June 30, 2007, 21:28

Will someone please tell me why anyone would by an 11 x 14 print of this paper bag???

happily... but only after you tell why you took a picture of it

Just kidding, congrats on a sale

Karimala · « **Reply #5 on:** June 30, 2007, 23:42 »

:-D

Actually, I saw a similar shot used as an overlay in a design to produce a cool grunge effect, and happily discovered there weren't any available on a few of the sites.

madelaide · « **Reply #6 on:** July 01, 2007, 13:23 »

I never sold a print and I expected them to be the more lanscpae type of photos. Indeed, it looks odd what someone will use this print for.

Regards,
Adelaide

Pixart · « **Reply #7 on:** July 01, 2007, 18:20 »

I worked for this guy once who had a.... wait a minute, it was so unremarkable I can't even remember what it was... a red square or a green circle or something on canvas in a big frame... and he paid about 2 million for it. Perhaps this paper bag is hanging with pride above his mantle somewhere.

pr2is · « **Reply #8 on:** July 02, 2007, 01:11 »

Quote from: Pixart on July 01, 2007, 18:20

it was so unremarkable I can't even remember what it was... a red square or a green circle or something on canvas in a big frame... and he paid about 2 million for it.

Ummmm... something like this?

http://www.csulb.edu/~karenk/20thcwebsite/438final/ah438fin-Info.00001.html

madelaide · « **Reply #9 on:** July 02, 2007, 18:29 »

And I wonder why I can't make my life out of art!

To Malevich, however, this square symbolized a "full void," in that it showed how painting could fulfill itself unaided by any reference to a specific external reality. For him the square represented only Suprematism: "the supremacy of pure feeling" in and of itself. Malevich removes specific subject matter by shifting away from representation and mimesis and towards the purity of mathematical geometry.

Regards,
Adelaide

yingyang0 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 02, 2007, 20:00 »

Quote from: Pixart on July 01, 2007, 18:20

I worked for this guy once who had a.... wait a minute, it was so unremarkable I can't even remember what it was... a red square or a green circle or something on canvas in a big frame... and he paid about 2 million for it. Perhaps this paper bag is hanging with pride above his mantle somewhere.

I have a similar experience. My boss paid $400K for a big red canvas. What is special about it? Apparently he thinks it is worth 400K because it is "perfectly panted" i.e. no streaks or spots anywhere on the canvas. Me, I thought about getting in the "red canvas" racket.

pr2is · « **Reply #11 on:** July 02, 2007, 20:55 »

Quote from: madelaide on July 02, 2007, 18:29

And I wonder why I can't make my life out of art!

I am right there with you. Malevich's square and some, not all, of Kandinsky (like this one http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_work_md_71_20.html) make me think I'll never get real art

vicu · « **Reply #12 on:** July 02, 2007, 23:55 »

maybe they are using it as a background for mounting something else??

Bateleur · « **Reply #13 on:** July 03, 2007, 01:35 »

Quote from: yingyang0 on July 02, 2007, 20:00

Quote from: Pixart on July 01, 2007, 18:20
I worked for this guy once who had a.... wait a minute, it was so unremarkable I can't even remember what it was... a red square or a green circle or something on canvas in a big frame... and he paid about 2 million for it. Perhaps this paper bag is hanging with pride above his mantle somewhere.

I have a similar experience. My boss paid $400K for a big red canvas. What is special about it? Apparently he thinks it is worth 400K because it is "perfectly panted" i.e. no streaks or spots anywhere on the canvas. Me, I thought about getting in the "red canvas" racket.

Yeah ... but don't build your hopes too high. You'll only get 25c for your red canvases if you sell 'em on iStack ... or 30c on ShutterStuck.

madelaide · « **Reply #14 on:** July 03, 2007, 16:14 »

Quote from: vicu on July 02, 2007, 23:55

maybe they are using it as a background for mounting something else??

I thought of some decoration item, but then if you are doing something artistic yourself, why not use actual paper? But it may be the explanation, yes.

Regards,
Adelaide

le_cyclope · « **Reply #15 on:** July 03, 2007, 17:06 »

I know it sounds weird but the actual model, in this case the original paper bag, is not art.

Photography (or painting) of the object IS art...

Claude

pr2is · « **Reply #16 on:** July 03, 2007, 20:08 »

Quote from: le_cyclope on July 03, 2007, 17:06

I know it sounds weird but the actual model, in this case the original paper bag, is not art.

Photography (or painting) of the object IS art...

Claude

Why, it makes sense... crab is not food but crab meat is!

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