An online buddy of mine sells her jewelry and scarfs on Etsy at Chrysalis Jewelry TX, she offered me a bit of advice once I decided to give a shot at selling my fine art photography images there. She helped me and I appreciate it, but I haven’t really done my part. If eBay is an online flea market, than Etsy is an online Craft Mall. Like real world craft malls, there is an interesting array of items for sale. The prices range from really cheap to really not so cheap. Like eBay it’s up to the seller to set the…
Category: fine art photography
Robert Mapplethorpe Fine Art Photographer
Robert Mapplethorpe first burst to national attention by shoving a bull whip up his ass and taking a self portrait. This image asks the age old question: Is it art? Andres Serrano‘s Piss Christ was also in the debate about what should and should not be called art. Andres Serrano has lived to carry on his calling of making provocative images, while Robert Mapplethorpe died of AIDS in 1989. Robert Mapplethorpe’s photography has always been a bit baffling. A recent book of Robert Mapplethorpe Polaroids from the 1970s has been making news as it chronicles his very early work and…