by zen42 on Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:15 am
hi everybody,
I am new on this forum and I just wanted to add my two cents. one hour ago I received my deluxe edition and I am glad that I decided to order one. as I do work for an agency who also does a lot of graphic works I do not know how someone can say that this edition is too expensive. as mentioned before by others of this forum there are so many steps to put such an edition togehter. yes, the production costs itself are not so high but putting two books together with artwork, photography, text, the art direction itself, the film, the interviews, the travelling costs, the actual booking of the studio etc., these are the real costs, and I am doubting that ds is making a lot of money out of this unless he sells more than 2000 copies.
even if ds should have the abilities to do a lot of these works by himself, it is quite some work and hundreds and hundreds of hours have to be spent on such project. just the signed print of ds is sold by other artist for more than 85 €.
however, I have made the experience that in our society people tend to think that certain thinks need to be for free or almost free. how many of us spent this kind of money on a weekend going out. anyway, I find the music is very interesting and the deluxe edition is worth while its money. I personally enjoy to have the different mediums such as music, film, painting and graphic artwork put together in this edition. this edition is a prove to me that david seems to enjoy his work.