Some members of our club are going to do an exhibition as part of Contact
2004, the annual Toronto photo "festival" in May. As part of this we had a
session with management of a serious gallery (Stephen Bulger) on how to
present your work and how to mount an exhibit. Their strong recommendation
was to matte your work and bring it in a portfolio box. Not only does it
improve the appearance but they don't have to worry about smudging or
kinking your prints. They will also accept a binder, but didn't seem as
keen, I think because it doesn't give as good an impression of what it might
look like on the wall. The example they showed was 8x10 in a 16x20 matte,
but 11x14 would be fine if appropriate for the image - they'd probably like
to see whatever size you propose to exhibit and sell.
But it depends on who you're presenting to. A magazine might prefer the
binder. A stock agency might prefer slides.
Shameless plug: Contact is over 120 exhibits from all over the planet, from
big names to not so big (us), more photography than you will likely be able
to take in in a month. Those of you within driving distance should at least
take in a weekend.
See http://www.contactphoto.com/ - though there's not much 2004 content yet.
Andrew
> From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject:
> Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 00:36:06 -0800
>
>
> I think bigger is always better as long as it still looks sharp. Just
> do two prints of the same picture at different sizes and see if you
> don't agree.
>
>>> I'm putting together a portfolio and I'm trying to decide on whether
>>> to go
>>> with 8x10 or 11x14 prints.
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