Photo

[Самвел]

How is the value of photography.

[Glasha]

In my opinion, firstly, determine the value of the photos the same criteria as in the painting /graphic:
  author name (its significance), artistic and aesthetic value, the year /period of creation, size, state of the snapshot.
In addition to aesthetics can determine its value the moment itself portrayed: an important historical event, person, or His Majesty the moment, seized the photographer.
It is important to time-stamp is made it is valuable, if made within the period of the snapshot.
And your personal attitude to the picture.
(if it is a photograph of your grandparents or a beautiful young mother, she is priceless)
This is in general.
I think the experts are correct me or add to it.

[Meister]

in general, it is all so, I agree with Gala, but explain why then are so many photos Gursky??

[Glasha]

Yes you are, Meister, this is for me is the same riddle, as well as some pricing in the painting, it is to specialists ..

[Meister]

Сообщение от Gala

this is for me is the same riddle, as some pricing in the painting, it is to specialists ..

These experts explained to me, as usual, great conceptualization reflects the era of the twentieth century, the expression in the photographs of all the advantages and disadvantages of the twentieth century. Even on this forum somewhere discussing Gursky photograph "99 cents", sold for 3 million and then the main argument of supporters was - the image of consumer society, the type to which we come ...

[Tamila]

But if contemporary art is the Hurst, then why in the photos are not to be Gursky?

[Glasha]

Сообщение от Meister

Gursky photograph "99 cents", sold for 3 million

The very work I like, visually perceived wonderful painting such things, and laden with meaning, but the price is for me remains a mystery , whatever said ...

[Meister]

but I like it and apparently did not like ... for me in photography is important, above all, time, beautiful, fascinating, unusual ... When the picture frame imprinting is rarely detectable in life. These pictures are interesting for me ... but this ... alas ...

Here are a couple, shook ... yet there are many
www.interfotki.ru/cat/360
www.interfotki.ru/cat/361

[Allena]

Volcanoes wonderful!

[Tamila]

Good photos Meister, natural phenomena taken qualitatively and good technique will always be appreciated. I also like the photos "on the merits" A staff reporter shooting - is a separate issue, and of course such rare shots are priceless. Some of the photos on the link (the attack on Bhutto) I saw on the winery at the annual exhibition of World Press Photo.
For example, one of my favorite photographers - Robert Capa.
Legend military photojournalism.
http://photo.far-for.net/pic.php?i=197
That picture offends me most. This is his sluchany shot during fighting in Spain in 1936. Robert Capa and his friend sat in a trench, and when they tried to escape from him, his friend shot accidentally srabatvaet camera shutter. Robert Capa was still alive, his friend there. When he printed photographs, the film saw the ill-fated shot - the moment of execution, the moment of death.
And I look at this picture and ask questions - people depicted in it, alive or dead: (