[alt-photo] Re: new MFA program in alt!

[Diana Bloomfield]

Yeah, I agree.  I love that-- "go to Dunn-Edwards."  :)  I think I'll  
borrow that.

But  my friend's comment made me think that the main reason for making  
these huge prints is not just impact --(you know the old saying-- "If  
in doubt, make it red; if you can't make it red, make it big")-- but  
also price.  His philosophy seems to be that the bigger the print, the  
higher the price tag you can put on it.  I  tend to forget that some  
people actually do this to make money. ;)

Sadly, he probably has a point.  I am so tired of this big-ass digital  
print phenomenon, though (which, I suspect, is directly correlated to  
our society's growing obesity problem), and consistently surprised by  
how many people are drawn in by these (mostly soulless) big-ass prints.





On Apr 19, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Paul Viapiano wrote:

> The "print big" school confuses quantity with quality...in all  
> things in life, but we know better.
>
> If you're looking for wallpaper, go to Dunn-Edwards is what I'd tell  
> 'em. Geez...
>
> p
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Bloomfield" <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net 
> >
> and he commented that one of the issues he'll be discussing is
>> the pointlessness (my word, not his) of making small prints.  His   
>> comment was that people have to consider how many of those small   
>> prints they'd have to sell in order to make any money, and that  
>> people  really needed to print big . . .
>
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