Most art fair guides are written by the people who run them. This one comes from inside the booth. I've spent more than a decade photographing the Pacific Northwest coast, the Rockies, and the desert Southwest, and I sell my limited edition prints directly to collectors, at fairs included...
Two images can look identical on your phone. Order one as a poster and it shows up for forty dollars. Order the other as a fine art print and it can run a hundred times that. Same picture, wildly different objects, and the gap confuses almost everyone who asks me about it...
Most collections don’t begin with a major purchase. They begin with a single photograph that someone keeps coming back to and just feels right. I’ve watched this happen with collectors at every price point...
