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Subject: [OM] Re: Portfolio print size?
From: Earl Dunbar <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 11:27:03 -0500
May in T.O. sounds good to me, I'm going to try and make it.  Leafs should be 
advancing through the 3rd round en route to the Cup about then!

Earl

Andrew Gullen wrote:
> 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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