Digital BW, The Print

Hi all,
I've just had a phonecall from an art gallery who wants to see my stuff. Now
I've never done the portfolio round to an art gallery as opposed to a
photography gallery. Do the  usual rules apply - i.e. no more than 10
prints, everything nicely mounted etc??

Julian (suddenly nervous)
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Julian Thomas
Bruc 168-6-1
08037 Barcelona

Gallery at http://www.mwords.co.uk/galleryGuests.htm#
and
http://www.borderless-photos.de/jthomas/jthomas-01.html

tfno 679676321

Good luck Julian! I agree you have a great chance if they called you first.

I have a few questions about the "usual rules" you mentioned.

What print size do the galleries generally expect? 8x10 inches?

What's the gallery definition of "nicely mounted," dry mounting on a large 
board, or in hinged mats? In a box?

thanks everyone,

Conrad

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Julian Thomas" <julianthomas@t...> 
wrote:

> Hi all,
> I've just had a phonecall from an art gallery who wants to see my stuff. Now
> I've never done the portfolio round to an art gallery as opposed to a
> photography gallery. Do the  usual rules apply - i.e. no more than 10
> prints, everything nicely mounted etc??
> 
> Julian (suddenly nervous)

Conrad,
In the past I've done a hinged window matte (archival) and taken only 
10 images. I once took about 18 and the guy was quite put out. I'm no 
expert here, and people like jennifer know far more than I do. As for 
size, it depends what I'm doing. The 6x6cm stuff I hope to take is 
printed 9ins square on A3 paper, mounted to 40x50 cms (standard size 
over here), all in a 20x16 inch archival portfolio box.

Julian


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., bbstudio_photo@y... wrote:
> Good luck Julian! I agree you have a great chance if they called 
you first.
> 
> I have a few questions about the "usual rules" you mentioned.
> 
> What print size do the galleries generally expect? 8x10 inches?
> 
> What's the gallery definition of "nicely mounted," dry mounting on 
a large 
> board, or in hinged mats? In a box?
> 
> thanks everyone,
> 
> Conrad
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Julian Thomas" 
<julianthomas@t...> 
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I've just had a phonecall from an art gallery who wants to see my 
stuff. Now
> > I've never done the portfolio round to an art gallery as opposed 
to a
> > photography gallery. Do the  usual rules apply - i.e. no more 
than 10

> > prints, everything nicely mounted etc??
> > 
> > Julian (suddenly nervous)

Julian,

In the US, we show 20 prints.  If it is customary in Barcelona to show 10 
prints, then show 10.  They should be matted (white only, museum quality, 
archival mats) in a nice portfolio box and they should be easily removable 
from the box.  Do not use interleaving tissues between the images.  Make it 
easy for the person reviewing your work. 

Helene 


> I've just had a phonecall from an art gallery who wants to see my stuff. Now
> I've never done the portfolio round to an art gallery as opposed to a
> photography gallery. Do the  usual rules apply - i.e. no more than 10
> prints, everything nicely mounted etc??
> 




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on 10/5/2001 7:27 PM, DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com at
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> Any advice on how to ship about thirty 30'x30" framed prints?
> Do people build those plywood boxes and send them in those?
> It's a long drive from Nashville to SF, so driving them there is
> probably not an option.

Try to ship the prints without glass in the frames.  UPS will not accept
glass framed pictures anyway.  Perhaps you might consider plexiglass
(plastic) instead of real glass when you must ship fully framed prints. I've
sent one famed/glass print via fedex ground, very well packed with a box
packed inside another box and the glass did not survive the trip.

Maybe you could also send custom matted prints without frames in a
"standard" frame size and have a local (to the gallery) framer put them in
the standard frames with glass and deliver them to the gallery.

 
-Bruce

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