Beemouse Laboratories

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Dear readers of my blog who reside upon the binary ebbings and flowings of the internets:

I would like to introduce something exciting and experimental– a limited run of my photograph prints, made available for purchase for whatever you decide they are worth.^[1] Yes!

I’ve chosen four photographs that I love. I had six 8×10″ prints made of each. They are printed on Kodak Professional Endura paper– this gives a silver halide print with light fastness rated 100+ years before fading. They’re printed full bleed (all the way to the edge of the paper). They are interesting and moody and awesome! See the bottom of this post for full previews of the photographs.

Here are the guidelines:

• United States addresses only (sorry!)
• First come, first serve (I’ll update the page as often as I can with how many prints are remaining)
• Only one print per person
• Click on one of the thumbnails above to be taken to a Paypal link to “donate”. Make sure you’re on the page that corresponds to the print you want!
• “Donate” however much you want
• Make sure that you specify the correct mailing address in the “notes to seller” section
• Also let me know if you want me to sign and date the photograph, and how — front or back, which corner, dedicated to your mom, etc.
• I’ll get the prints shipped out as fast as I can and let you know when yours goes out
• I can take only Paypal payments right now
• If you encounter any problems, shoot me an e-mail at jhirsch ~(ponies)~ gmail.com, or comment on this page

Sad breakfast, 2007

Dahlia, 2008

Impasto, 2007

Crow, 2007

Thanks for being a part of this and experimenting with me. I have been inspired by the donation payment model, used, for example, by Radiohead with “In Rainbows”. I just wanted to see what would happen if a photographer did this– especially a photographer like myself who is not widely known, and can not surf safely on a wave of fame that precedes them.

I’m intrigued by the idea of art being “worth” what people will pay for it. I personally think art has intrinsic worth, and is not devalued by what people will or will not pay for it. I also ultimately want to be able to make a living off my art, since I finally feel that painting and photography are my “true callings”. I know there’s something novel and interesting in here, and I’m trying to ferret it out…

In the formal art education I’ve had, we were taught that people will value your art according to how you price it. I think this is a tricky statement and it doesn’t quite sit right with me, although I understand the psychology behind it. Also, undercutting is anathema in the art world, and some people would say that is what I’m doing now.

Anathema is exciting… so let’s see what happens!

-Jess

[1] Please know that I know this is a tricky definition to pin down. Often we receive things for a price that is far less we think they are worth, and vice versa. If you really like these photos a lot, I don’t want you to come up with some incredibly high price in your head and then decide you won’t buy one because you can’t afford to pay for it.