Posted on 01 April 2009 by Terry
One of the earliest photographs in existence sold for $62,500 at Sotheby’s auction house in New York.
The photo, which was estimated to bring in anywhere from $50,000 to $70,000, was sold to an unidentified buyer.
The 5.5-by-4-inch, black and white daguerreotype shows a New York country estate.
The half-plate daguerreotype dating from 1848 shows what was then known as old Bloomingdale Road and referred to as “a continuation of Broadway.”
As usual, the photographer will never see a penny
Posted on 16 January 2009 by Terry
This is a must read article from Reuters. Tells the story of photographers getting their images after the US Air crash.
“By the time I got it all together and headed back to the window, the plane had drifted out of sight behind a water tower. Brendan ingested his disk into our remote photo editing system and ran out of the office to the river. I stood at the window and within a couple minutes the plane drifted back into view, just as a ferry arrived on the scene. While this was happening, photo editors in Washington started to edit Brendan’s pictures.
While looking at the plane I was shouting out info to the journalists who were writing the story: “It’s a big plane, looks like a US Airways plane I think, lots of people on the wings.””
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