[alt-photo] Re: an alternative to alternative

[Diana Bloomfield]

Hi Bob,

No-- you make perfect sense.  I agree.  Of course, I also think that  
we shouldn't allow gallery owners (what will sell), or grants panels  
(what they typically like to reward with their $$$)-- and a whole host  
of other influences-- change our vision, either.  Too often, I  do see  
that happen.

Anyway, I'm impressed that you can write so coherently while on  
painkillers.  My next door neighbor had hip replacement surgery a few  
months ago.  She recovered in remarkably short order.  I'd seen her  
about a week before she had it, and she was barely getting around.  A  
few days out of the surgery, she was walking around really really  
well.  Seems to be an amazing surgery.  All the best with your recovery.

Diana
On Apr 1, 2012, at 3:36 PM, KISS BOB wrote:

> DEAR DIANA,
>     I think we agree on everything.  I was pointing out two  
> different things:
> 1) I was refuting the suggestion (not yours, that of the  
> aforementioned gallery owner) that people who buy photo prints don't  
> care about the print medium.
> 2) I was pointing out that the gallery owner who shows some of my  
> prints agrees with us...EDUCATION is 90% of selling prints, once a  
> viewer has expressed interest.
>     I agree with you completely and would never suggest that we  
> should not invite the PAL to see our work and, with education, turn  
> as many as possible into savvy collectors.  But we must NOT allow  
> the PAL to influence the medium in which we express our vision.  We  
> must do creatively what we must do and hope that our audience will  
> continue to buy while evangelising our beloved media to the PAL.
> *****Please note that I am recovering from total left hip  
> replacement two weeks ago and still taking strong painkillers.  If I  
> make less sense than usual, please forgive me.  Who knows, perhaps I  
> make MORE sense while taking these things!  ;-))
>               CHEERS!
>                  BOB
>