How many pictures did you all sell recently? Rather than knock Lik, you might want to learn some of his business techniques if you want to sell your work. He obviously knows what he's doing in a big way. It seems strange to castigate success of a fellow photographer who's worked hard and dedicated himself.
Hope that is not directed towards me.
I have to say, I was not taking a jab at his work, and it does seem that he is a rather good business man.
I did attend a recent "Business of Fine Art Photography" talk by a very successful gallerist in NYC. I am not a fine art photographer and have no interest in making a living from that. I prefer commercial photography. I attended because the talk was free to ASMP members, I was sure (and there was) plenty of overlap in advice for both fine art and commercial work, and it is good to be social.
The person who talked discussed the importance of developing (or having really, not sure if you can develop it) value in the second hand market place. Reason being, you want to eventually develop a value for your limited prints that will eventually increase the amount of money you can sell your work for. He brought up Lik's work and said he currently feels there is no value in the second hand market for it, however it is obvious he is making a lot already.
So, I was wondering, from seeing that talk, what is the resale value of his work? It was not a jab.
Anyway, is he good? Who knows; we'll all be dead by the time the world truly decides upon that. In the mean time, he makes one great living.