After 96° in the Shade, my genesis NFT photo collection sold out in three days, a friend suggested I contact a prominent journalist friend who has written about photography for many years and published several notable books. I wrote them a brief, enthusiastic email detailing the project, my influences, my excitement about discovering the NFT space and how thrilled I was to find a new audience for this work, which had been sitting dormant for nearly 18 years. This was their response. It was at that moment I realized the power of NFTs for photographers, and what this would mean for the old guard, the gatekeepers who were suddenly faced with the prospect of either learning a new language and embracing change, or finding themselves locked out of the kingdom.

The artist grants the holder of this NFT the rights to display it for private or public use. No other rights are granted. Copyright Barry Sutton 2022.

NFTs make me sick.

Brussels, 1966: Hergé drew his cartoon hero onto a storefront window to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Tintin, the “magazine for young people ages 7-77”. Paris Match photographer Christian Gibey recreated the scene used in Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1955 documentary The Picasso Mystery to show Picasso at work.

HERGE by Christian Gibey

After 96° in the Shade sold out in three days, a friend suggested I contact a prominent journalist friend who has written about photography for many years and published several notable books. I wrote them a brief, enthusiastic email detailing the project, my influences, my excitement about discovering the NFT space and how thrilled I was to find a new audience for this work, which had been sitting dormant for nearly 18 years. This was their response. It was at that moment I realized the power of NFTs for photographers, and what this would mean for the old guard, the gatekeepers who were suddenly faced with the prospect of either learning a new language and embracing change, or find themselves locked out of the kingdom.

Photographer: Trevor Traynor
Series: MADE YOU LOOK
Portrait: Paul Wall
Edition: 1 /1
Year: 2008
Location: Santa Cruz


Paul Wall

Photographer: Trevor Traynor
Series: MADE YOU LOOK
Portrait: Common fka Common Sense
Edition: 1 /1
Year: 2011
Location: San Jose


Common

On August 7, 2021, I launched my genesis NFT photo collection 96° in the Shade. To my shock and delight all 100 images sold out in three days. A friend suggested I contact a prominent journalist friend who has written about photography for many years and published several notable books. I wrote them a brief, enthusiastic email detailing the project, my influences, my excitement about discovering the NFT space and how thrilled I was to find a new audience for this work, which had been sitting dormant for nearly 18 years. This was their response. It was at that moment I realized the power of NFTs for photographers, and what this would mean for the old guard, the gatekeepers who were suddenly faced with the prospect of either learning a new language and embracing change, or finding themselves locked out of the kingdom.

NFT Photo History

The collector will receive the actual vintage slide in an acrylic display case and a large format 16” by 16” (40cm by 40cm) fine art print of the entire slide.

Mick Jagger - car 

Focus Bloc presents its debut SuperRare space w/ MADE YOU LOOK a series of 16 Hip-Hop portraits by photographer Trevor Traynor featuring an additional Lost Archive image by Barry Sutton. The exhibition is in partnership with 96 Studio and curated by Focus Bloc and Wim VanCappellen. For more information visit FocusBloc.io & MadeYouLook.


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