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  • Leave it to the Fat Cats...

    Leave it to the Fat Cats...

    by: justshootme


    ...to find a way to make big $ off of some of photography's most low-budget endeavors. Sony BMG Music Entertainment created Icon Collectibles last year in an effort to give its profit margin a not-really-needed adrenaline boost. Now you and yours can own grainy BW shots of Johnny Cash, Sly Stallone, Bob Dylan, and other Sony recording artists from vintages past. The Icon Collectibles cache contains snaps from noted music photographers like Jim Marshall and Mick Rock, who shot musicians like the Who, The Rolling Stones, and David Bowie. Where once these images were available in series as album covers at $2 a pop, now prices range between $300 to $1,700 for a single photo. Get 'em while they're hot.

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    Christine Kelly 03/04/2008 14:36:10
    Really?  I agree that the critics role is more passive, but still very powerful.  By choosing what they write up, even if neutral comments are made, they give the work exposure and value.  "The death of the critique," is a term that has been getting thrown around a lot, and I think that it has something to do with our culture being so slippery and unworthy of trust.  People need something to believe in so badly right now (a time of false promises and idle threats) that they can't handle criticism- shut down and write it off as you're doing here.  I will add that the artists I most see shitting on the critique are those who are participating in the dazzling and spectacular or banal and cliche (I hope that you don't think all art now falls into one of those categories- I know I used to).  I'm just about to get my BFA and I acknowledge the importance of critical discourse.  Art will not turn into sports.