Posted on 01/22/2016 6:56:52 AM PST by BenLurkin
The photo, titled "Potato #345 (2010)," is by photographer Kevin Abosch, who charges huge fees to shoot portraits of famous business people in the Silicon Valley tech industry.
Business Insider reports that Abosch's "iconic black backdrop" portraits have become a sort of status symbol among the elites of business and entertainment — the rich and famous pay over $150,000 for a photo shoot with Abosch, and up to $500,000 if commercial usage is included.
In addition to shooting pricey portraits, Abosch is also a fine art photographer, and that’s how the potato photo came about.
"Kevin likes potatoes because they, like people are all different yet immediately identifiable as being essentially of the same species," his studio tells PetaPixel. "He has photographed many potatoes. This one is one of his favorites."
(Excerpt) Read more at petapixel.com ...
Just proves the value of a dollar. Plus, “fool and his money” thing.
I know it seems that way to us regular folks, but when your net worth is in the 400 million dollar range (I looked up marissa mayer’s as an example of a rich silicon valley type) and your yearly salary is >6 million, 150K is just a bit over a week’s pay.
Pet rocks cost a few dollars so people didn't need a lot of extra money. This idiot is a million dollars lighter after his purchase.
Tater t*ts.
Can’t eat just one!
I wonder how many tons of potatoes a million buck would score for the starving somewhere? ... Typical liberal freaks, paying a million of a photo yet they will whine that America doesn’t do enough to feed the hungry!
I would pay $1 million for a photo of potato salad, but not that.
Actually, it’s the shriveled husk of an idea found to have died of loneliness in a liberals head.
He *could* have at least wiped the dirt out of its eyes
and put a little potato hat on its little head! . . and
a pair of little potato britches and a little potato shirt
& tie on it!
I have a USB pet rock!
lol.......it’s just plain nasty.
“Afraid nobody around here understands my potato/Think I’m only a spud boy/Looking for a real tomato”
Looks like Bernie Sanders
I’m surprised someone hasn’t photoshopped Hil’s face onto that yet.
Looks like my gallbladder just after the surgeon had yanked it....
IIRC, Abosch was a recent ‘question’ to the art answer on Jeorpardy . Both of us looked at each other and said ‘never heard of him’. But then, we no longer live in California.
:-/ I wouldn’t eat that.
Cool - I just got that $1MM dollar photo for free...;)
NOW I’m a Millonaire! At least by assets...
I’d never heard o him either, but looking online at examples of his work I must say he is a genius at lighting.
our civilization is doomed . . . . .
Defintion of Art: “Something I cannot do.”
I can do that, therefore, it is not art.
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