Lee Durant

On Assingment – Sotheby’s

I’ve just finished transmitting pictures from a task at Sotheby’s Auction house in London, not an easy job for getting inspiration and like many of these kind of jobs a press release is normally issued to every man and his dog so there are always loads of snappers there and it is a challenge indeed to get something different. As usual the likely lads (or lasses) from the wire agencies go along too so it makes it extra difficult to get things published from a job like this. However, that said it all adds flavour to the challenge…

Caption Used – ‘Sotheby’s auction house in London revealed items in their Spring sale of Impressionist and Modern Art which is to be held in New York on various dates throughout May 2010. Amongst the items on sale are an iconic and rare self portrait from 1986 by Andy Warhol (Estimated Value $18/25M) and a spectacular painting by Henri Matisse called ‘Bouquet pour le 14 Julliet 1919′ (estimated value $18-25M) and Pictured is a Large Orange Canvas which is an untitled painting by Mark Rothko (estimated value $18-25M). Also on sale is Pablo Picasso’s ‘Femme au Grand Chapeau, Buste’ 1965 which is expected to fetch between 8 and 12 Million Dollars.’

I must admit that I normally annoy all the other Photographers with my off camera (strobist) setup but I did it all today using quite a high ISO and less faffing around with lights… I think it is important as a press photographer to be able to show that you can manage the light in both circumstances (using extra lights or just available light).

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