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Cindy Sherman's "Untitled #96" from 1981 passed all records for photography, and was sold for $3.89 million.

http://www.popphoto.com/news/2011/05/ci ... -photograp

Revenge of the Redheads I say, wait till MBRS sees this

Why?

MarleysGh0st wrote:Why?

You just don't get it. I'll try to explain it to you, but I think I'm just waisting my time....

The lines, textures, that expression. There is no other photograph so exquisite, so balanced, yet the elements are as diverse as nature, all tied together by a single hue of many tones. Look at the lines. Your eyes are drawn to them, yet they aren't parrallel, there is a hint of chaos in them. But they have order.

Oh why am I trying to explain this to such an amateur!

Couldn't the owner of the photo just take it to Walgreen's and have them make a hundred copies for resale? Then he'd have some serious money.

I am with Marley on this one.

I think my parents had that linoleum in their kitchen

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:I think my parents had that linoleum in their kitchen

I know we had it in our bathroom.

Add another vote to Marley's. Meh.

gsabc wrote:

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:I think my parents had that linoleum in their kitchen

I know we had it in our bathroom.

Add another vote to Marley's. Meh.

I had a drunk girl laying on the floor in my bathroon like that once.


Maybe that's the value. Everyone has a story in it. Every picture tells a story, but his one, well.....

BackInTex wrote:

gsabc wrote:

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:I think my parents had that linoleum in their kitchen

I know we had it in our bathroom.

Add another vote to Marley's. Meh.

I had a drunk girl laying on the floor in my bathroon like that once.


Maybe that's the value. Everyone has a story in it. Every picture tells a story, but his one, well.....

Hey! That's my wife!

Check out some of her other oeuvres. I can't post a link but just google her. There are some beauts.

Beebs52 wrote:Check out some of her other oeuvres. I can't post a link but just google her. There are some beauts.

Yes, she has some explicit/gross/arty/repulsive photos. She generally poses for her own photos. She's been around for a while and I have some friends who know her and have some of her photos. She was dating former Talking Head, David Byrne. Here is a list of the most expensive photos sold at auction:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mo ... hotographs

The photo by Adreas Gursky is rather interesting.

BackInTex wrote:You just don't get it. I'll try to explain it to you, but I think I'm just waisting my time....

The lines, textures, that expression. There is no other photograph so exquisite, so balanced, yet the elements are as diverse as nature, all tied together by a single hue of many tones. Look at the lines. Your eyes are drawn to them, yet they aren't parrallel, there is a hint of chaos in them. But they have order.

You forgot to mention the bouquet and aroma and of course, that hint of je ne sais quoi.

TheConfessor wrote:Couldn't the owner of the photo just take it to Walgreen's and have them make a hundred copies for resale? Then he'd have some serious money.

And Cindy could just take her negative/high resolution digital file and make her own copies.

I must be unrefined. I wouldn't pay $3.89 for it...

If you zoom in paper in her hand you can see why the photo is so valuable, it is either an address in Abbottabad or a Kenyan Birth Certificate (hard to tell which).

frogman042 wrote:If you zoom in paper in her hand you can see why the photo is so valuable, it is either an address in Abbottabad or a Kenyan Birth Certificate (hard to tell which).

To me it looks like a list of 11 herbs and spices.

The only way that that pic is worth 3.89 mil is if the picture shown has cropped the view of the nekkid rich guy/politician/actor who would be blackmailed into buying it.

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:I think my parents had that linoleum in their kitchen

I think the skirt used to be an end zone at Neyland Stadium.

SpacemanSpiff wrote:

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:I think my parents had that linoleum in their kitchen

I think the skirt used to be an end zone at Neyland Stadium.

Why Spiff, I didn't know you were a Vol fan!

So many avatar inspirations, and I have to be away from home while they happen....

lb13

smilergrogan wrote:

frogman042 wrote:If you zoom in paper in her hand you can see why the photo is so valuable, it is either an address in Abbottabad or a Kenyan Birth Certificate (hard to tell which).

To me it looks like a list of 11 herbs and spices.

I thought it was both halves of the Coca-Cola recipe.

frogman042 wrote:If you zoom in paper in her hand you can see why the photo is so valuable, it is either an address in Abbottabad or a Kenyan Birth Certificate (hard to tell which).

I think it's the Donald's hairdressing secret.

ulysses5019 wrote:

frogman042 wrote:If you zoom in paper in her hand you can see why the photo is so valuable, it is either an address in Abbottabad or a Kenyan Birth Certificate (hard to tell which).

I think it's the Donald's hairdressing secret.

It's the answer to 33 g. of s. in a p. --Bob

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Sherman

I like how her "laughing all the way to the bank" photo was used for her wiki page.

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:I think my parents had that linoleum in their kitchen

My ex in-laws definitely had that linoleum in their kitchen.

Just a guess, I think it was a little more popular than the fabric used for the skirt...