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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."
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Proving once again, P.T. Barnum was right.
It is, actually, a rather nice picture. I don’t think I could do any better in the produce section with my cellphone. That potato has character, asymmetry, texture...it is a metaphor for the bleakness and misery of the human condition and the ultimate futility of existence. Also you can make french fries out of it.
Hitler’s one testicle was freeze-dried and is being kept in a safe deposit box at the Fifth Third Bank (location undisclosed).
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One year, to my surprise, there were peter peppers growing my garden. I didn’t order peter pepper seeds but there was no denying that’s the variety they were.
Ohhh. that IS nice...
I thought for sure it would be a photo that had the features of the virgin Mary.
Some people have to brag about how rich they are by doing absurd things. I think they lack imagination and maturity and have a paucity of sense.
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I, on the other hand, have a plethora of sense and wouldn’t pay a penny over $500,000 for it.
I know it is silly but I kind of like it when rich folks keep their cash circulating. At least it isn’t being wasted on drugs.
Like Robin Williams said, "Cocaine is God's way of telling you that you've got too much money."
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