Hi folks, OK, I have a seemingly simple question about pricing which has become overblown with extravagant possibilities. The above link takes the viewer to a story about an assignment I had with Muhammad Ali in 1973. The unstated part of the story is that the resulting images were never completely edited by the photo editor. He decided after the first few sheets that the other 12 couldn’t be more helpful. He had after all, instructed me to “…shoot a few rolls and split”. But my DC assignment editor said, “Don’t leave until they kick you out.” Now it is almost exactly 42 years later and as my images were never used, they remain unpublished. The film eventually found its way into the 1973 binder, where it sat until this past spring. Then I dragged it out, dropped it onto a new scanner, scanned it at high rez as an experiment and went through all the film which looked remotely interesting on the contacts. Now a NYC magazine publisher wants to use them and nobody can give me an indicator as to what to charge. Even FotoQuote is stumped. The shots are historical not editorial, are going to run no larger than a quarter to a half page in a pub with a circulation of about 3 million in the US and Europe. The question is, how much should they pay? Somebody at Getty says $1 million, but we all know that won’t fly. So what do you guys think? Randy? It’s time for your wisdom Jan Art Faul The Artist Formerly Known as Prints ------ Art for Cars: art4carz.com Stills That Move: http://www.artfaul.com Greens: http://www.inkjetprince.com Camera Works - The Washington Post . |
