Cruel, but with a mote of truth...

[elfs]

I went by a local "community art gallery," and as I looked around the examples I was struck by just how amateur they all were. Many of these amateurish renderings of Seattle skylines, small cafes, sailboats, and so on had actual business cards attached to them, and for sale notices, and prices upward of a thousand dollars.

One thing I noticed about every artist's presentation was that he or she had only an email address, often a gmail or hotmail account. Not one had a web-based gallery.

I said to my companion, "Here we have those who fear they're not good enough for Deviant Art selling to those too old or out of touch to have heard of it."

Comments

[shunra.livejournal.com]

::grabs Elf by the collar, shakes::

YOU WERE LOOKING AT A WILD BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. LOOK AGAIN!

[reynai.livejournal.com]

I have to concur. First thing that came to my mind on reading this: "Any way you can get in some of that?" You've got some good photography. If there's a market for 'local' photographers, I don't see why you shouldn't see if it'll work out for you.

I obviously don't know any of the marketing particulars of the gallery, though.

[shunra.livejournal.com]

The market for photos may or may not exist. What seems to exist in spades is the market for website-building-for-people-who-think-they-can-sell-photos-for-three-digit-sums.

Since they're clearly unable to manage their own online galleries, a talented artist with the gift of the gab might be able to talk them into running sites *for* them.

In a gold rush, sell picks and tents. In an arts market,skip the pix and focus on the digital tents.

[tagryn]

Reminds me of the first Vox Pop skit here from "Fry and Laurie."
(warning - 2nd VP in that clip is NSFW (language))