Tiki Photography Prints--Feedback Requested - General Tiki

J JONPAUL Tiki Socialite Venice, California Joined: Jan 12, 2010 Posts: 140	J JONPAUL Posted posted on Thu, Mar 10, 2011 3:35 PM Huge mahalos to everyone that's responded to this thread thus far!!! It's been a huge inspiration for me to see that there is indeed interest on TC for this. You know, sometimes we go about our business and produce our work, but we're so entrenched in the middle of it that we exist in somewhat of a bubble. I don't really don't know why I assumed there wasn't much interest in photos as prints. I suppose it stems from having lackluster sales when I did it a couple times before. But, having said that, I really didn't do it the right way or promote it properly. To be honest, a major turning point was seeing the set of Beachbum Berry cocktail prints at Tiki Kate's estate sale. It touched a nerve in me that really made me want to share things I had done with more people. The bottom line is that sometimes we feel that more people are familiar with our work than is the case in actuality. As far as books go--that's a whole other ball of wax. Yes, there are many options these days for self-publishing, but to do it properly (read: the right high quality), means selling at a prohibitively expensive price point. I've actually been working on a couple of long-term Tiki book projects, and have several more ideas for the future, but am attempting the established publisher route for right now. Who knows..we'll see what happens??? I'm extra happy to hear that people would be interested in things more along the lines of fine art photography, as this is really where my heart is creatively. I was trained in a bit of everything, but the black and white aesthetic and darkroom practices are what get me most excited. Right now I'm thinking along the lines of doing a special introductory limited edition fine art print just for Tiki Central members, and possibly producing more things from the archives in a different, more mass-produced and distributed way. I know this is more along the gruesome side, but it's an example of the non-commercial stuff that I personally like doing. Anyone remember seeing this at Hank's gallery?

Huge mahalos to everyone that's responded to this thread thus far!!!
It's been a huge inspiration for me to see that there is indeed interest on TC for this.

You know, sometimes we go about our business and produce our work, but we're so entrenched in the middle of it that we exist in somewhat of a bubble.
I don't really don't know why I assumed there wasn't much interest in photos as prints.
I suppose it stems from having lackluster sales when I did it a couple times before.
But, having said that, I really didn't do it the right way or promote it properly.
To be honest, a major turning point was seeing the set of Beachbum Berry cocktail prints at Tiki Kate's estate sale.
It touched a nerve in me that really made me want to share things I had done with more people.
The bottom line is that sometimes we feel that more people are familiar with our work than is the case in actuality.

As far as books go--that's a whole other ball of wax.
Yes, there are many options these days for self-publishing, but to do it properly (read: the right high quality), means selling at a prohibitively expensive price point.
I've actually been working on a couple of long-term Tiki book projects, and have several more ideas for the future, but am attempting the established publisher route for right now. Who knows..we'll see what happens???

I'm extra happy to hear that people would be interested in things more along the lines of fine art photography, as this is really where my heart is creatively.
I was trained in a bit of everything, but the black and white aesthetic and darkroom practices are what get me most excited.

Right now I'm thinking along the lines of doing a special introductory limited edition fine art print just for Tiki Central members, and possibly producing more things from the archives in a different, more mass-produced and distributed way.

I know this is more along the gruesome side, but it's an example of the non-commercial stuff that I personally like doing.
Anyone remember seeing this at Hank's gallery?

Post #579782 by JONPAUL on Thu, Mar 10, 2011 3:35 PM