Richard Prince is an intriguing artist. He is one of the most financially successful photographers/ artists with one of his paintings selling for more then eight million dollars, and many of his photographs selling for six and seven figures. He is one of the pioneers of rephotographing pictures taken by other photographers and his exploration of the famous Marlboro man is classic example of this.
I am intrigued at how wild and free this image is without the context of a cigaret ad. Its a interesting idea to take images out of context and rebirth them to give the viewer a different impression. It is not a process that i would ever consider doing myself and i do think that it takes away much credit from the original photographer but i appreciate how unconventional this style of photography is.
The Image of this watch sold for more than $60,000 which is a joke to me. But it shows how influential and desirable Prince has become as a photographer. I think his photography is unlike most and in many ways i believe he shares similarity to Andy Warhol (which may be an insult to Warhol) in how stylized his photography is and how strong of a character he is.
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