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Stumpwor Picture: Currier and Ives. Colored lithographs of early 19th century American scenes. Very popular among farmers, and now valued for historical record. Great range of subjects: farm scenes, historical, sporting, and hunting events, early Western
range vieWS, early railroad Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art
scenes, portraits of presi- Stumpwor picture, English, about 1680,"The dents, and many others. Judgment of Paris."
The advantages to the buyer are obvious. Does it seem like a bad arrangement for the photographer? At first glance it might seem so, but when this same picture is sold over and over, perhaps fifty times in the course of years, the photographer eventually realizes a handsome total return for his effort in shooting the picture for stock sales.
That's why the stock picture photographer doesn't get rich quick, but enjoys a long-term income advantage for his work. Many a picture has earned, over a period of years, more than $1,000 in fees.
The picture was important because it constituted legal evidence. My would-be client didn't want to take a chance on entrusting this picture to just any photographer, because he was afraid the picture might be muffed.
I turned down the job for two reasons: first because I don't want my Camera to embarrass any woman and second because I didn't want to be dragged into court as a witness in the divorce case. |
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