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Exhibiting photography : a practical guide to choosing a space, displaying your work, and everything in between / Shirley Read.
LIBRA TR6.A1 R43 2008
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Read, Shirley.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Photography--Exhibitions.
- Photography.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 263 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- Creating and organizing successful photography exhibitions requires business finesse and expertise as well as artistic ability. Exhibiting Photography offers step-by-step guidance, paired with anecdotes and case studies of real situations to help photographers at any level improve their business skills, explore new exhibiting techniques and learn to self promote with confidence.
- Addressing the technical and aesthetic concerns of amateur and professional photographers, rarely discussed in such detail, Shirley Read's informative new book explores: The Process of Finding the Right Exhibition Space, How to Design and Install an Exhibition, The Right and Wrong Way to Approach a Gallery, How to Navigate Contracts, Pricing and Selling, How to Establish Budgets and Timetables. Exhibiting Photography also includes documents and check-lists to help photographers stay organized and maximize the success of an exhibition.
- Enhance your artistic ability by mastering the fundamental social, strategic and organizational skills that successful photographers utilize when navigating the world of art exhibition and commerce.
- Contents:
- Case Study 1 Leila Miller: The Degree Show 43
- 2 Finding an Exhibition Space 53
- Case Study 2 Esther Teichmann Photodebut: The Collective as a Site for Independent Collaborative Exhibiting 89
- 3 Planning and Research 93
- Case Study 3 Sian Bonnell: TRACE: An Initiative by and for Artists 127
- 4 Text, Printed, and Publicity Materials 135
- Case Study 4 Andrew Dewdney: The Digital Gallery 173
- 5 Preparing to Install the Exhibition 183
- Case Study 5 Katrina Sluis: Exhibiting Your Work Online 211
- 6 Hanging the Exhibition and the Follow-Up 219.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-248) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780240809397
- 0240809394
- OCLC:
- 175218520
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