How to sell photography

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Where can I sell my photography for $1000.00 each?

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1. Become a great photographer, open a gallery, and charge what you want. Unless you have a well known name, or some super one-of-a-kind photos that are limited print... $250 is the far upper end you will be able to charge personally. Or unless you get a shot of Paris in prison or Britney going pantsless again... tabloids will probably snap those up for a cool $10,000 easy.
2. Frankly, the sad fact is that just because you own a camera does NOT mean you are a photographer, and certainly does not mean your work is of any quality. Photographic work, like written work, journalism, or filmmaking, are only of value when deemed so by outside opinion. In other words, peer review. It sounds as though you're setting the cart before the horse. Instead of thinking, "How can I get $1,000 for my photo" you should be thinking, "How can I better my photography so that those who know the art better than I do, and have more experience than I, will respect my work and help me to earn a living with it."
3. Why just $1000? === The question isn't where. The question is HOW. Portrait photography focuses on individuals. If you are famous, you can sell pictures of a rock. But everybody wants good pictures of themselves and their loved ones, and people are willing to pay for that. Now asking $1000 for 1 picture is still high (at least in the beginning). But if you get good, that could be easy.
4. Let me approach this question from the standpoint of a collector of fine art photography. For a serious investment collector $1000 isn't such a big deal, but it is if you are investing in someone who is totally unknown, it is nothing short of a gamble. Then you have another collector who doesn't consider so much the investment qualities but relies simply on the aesthetic qualities of the image and doesn't consider so much the artist behind the work. Well either way if you want people to get you to look at your work, you will need to get in a gallery with a reputation for attracting collectors of fine art photography. Here in is the problem, in a down economy art and fine art photography doesnt sell very well, so galleries are only willing to display artists who sell and who have reputations and the proper credentials that make collectors want to invest in your work. I would suggest on your behalf to sell much lower, and build up gradually to higher prices.