In plina criza financiara, o licitatie de fotografii organizata la New York in data de 30 martie 2009 de celebra casa Sotheby’s a strans nu mai putin de 2.384.690 USD. S-au licitat nume ca Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Berenice Abbott, Robert Doisneau, Henri Cartier – Bresson, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton sau Annie Leibovitz. Gasiti mai jos cateva din fotografiile licitate.

ANSEL ADAMS 1902-1984 - 'GATES OF THE VALLEY, WINTER, YOSEMITE VALLEY - 30,000 USD - © Sotheby'sANSEL ADAMS 1902-1984 - WINTER SUNRISE, SIERRA NEVADA, FROM LONE PINE, CALIFORNIA - 27,500 USD - © Sotheby's

ANSEL ADAMS 1902-1984 - 'MOONRISE, HERNANDEZ, NEW MEXICO' - 37,500 USD - © Sotheby'sANSEL ADAMS 1902-1984 - 'ASPENS, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO' - 25,000 USD - © Sotheby's

FRANTIšEK DRTIKOL 1883-1961 - NUDE - 53,125 USD - © Sotheby'sALFRED STIEGLITZ 1864 - 1946 - 'APPLES AND GABLE, LAKE GEORGE' - 25,000 USD - © Sotheby'sALFRED EISENSTAEDT 1898-1995 - 'CHILDREN AT THE PUPPET THEATRE, PARIS' - 23,750 USD - © Sotheby's

ANONYMOUS AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER - A COUNTRY HOME ALONG 'A CONTINUATION OF BROADWAY,' OCTOBER 1848 OR EARLIER - 62,500 USD - © Sotheby's

HARRY CALLAHAN - 1912-1999 - CHICAGO (TREES IN SNOW) - 31,250 USD - © Sotheby'sIRVING PENN - B. 1917 - 'PICASSO (B), CANNES' - 62,500 USD - © Sotheby's
- RICHARD AVEDON – 1923-2004 – ‘MARELLA AGNELLI, NEW YORK STUDIO, DECEMBER 1953’- 46,875 USD – © Sotheby’s
Lista completa a licitatiei o gasiti aici.
Multumesc. Imi plac mult cele ale lui Robert Frank. Oare de ce este atat de valoroasa fotografia lui Moholy-Nagy ?
nu ma mira deloc
in orice vremuri (g.rele, bune) exista oameni care: a) n-au ce face cu banii, b) au prea multi (ca sa mai conteze 50K – 100K – 2M)
Si ce daca e criza?! Sunt minunate…:)
Intr-adevar sunt spectaculoase , deci valoroase ,dar asta se intimpla la o licitatie cred : se vind la suprapret , de aici si profitul firmei Sotheby’s.Oare merita o fotografie atiti bani ?! Eu va multumesc d. Alex pt. publicare.
FANTASTIC!
recession? what recession? Pozele sint f. faine…