The status of the fashion photographer is changing. Where once their worth was measured by the campaigns they booked, the rise of the fashion-print sale has transformed their work into highly collectable art. Among today’s most desired items, a Nick Knight print can fetch £75,000, a Steven Meisel as much as £40,000, while works by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott (known as Mert and Marcus) and Juergen Teller have sold at auction for more than £30,000 and £16,000 respectively.
時尚攝影師的地位正在改變。曾幾何時,他們的身價取決于他們被預約的活動的規(guī)格,但現(xiàn)在,時尚相片交易的興起將他們的作品變成了收藏價值頗高的藝術(shù)品??纯串斀褡钍茏放醯淖髌钒桑耗峥?奈特(Nick Knight)的一幅相片能賣7.5萬英鎊,史蒂芬?邁澤爾(Steven Meisel)的相片能賣4萬英鎊,而梅爾特?阿拉斯(Mert Alas)和馬科斯?皮戈特(Marcus Piggott)組合(合稱梅爾特和馬科斯)以及于爾根?泰勒(Juergen Teller)的作品曾分別拍得3萬多美元和1.6萬美元。