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What is the optimum size to print photographs for a gallery? |
I'm talking about standards.. Is there a "common" range of sizes (x by y) that will allow comfortable viewing in an indoor gallery? Frame/Photo ratios? etc.. there's a lot to be taken into consideration before answering this. for example, what kind of viewing experience do you want to patrons to have? how close to you want your viewers to get to your images? smaller prints like 8x10s or 4x5s force the viewer to come in closer to examine the details of the image; conversely, larger prints like 16x20s or 20x24s allow the viewers to stand back and perhaps discuss the images with themselves and do not require as much viewer involvement. there is also something to be said about size complementing photo content. smaller prints can be seen as more initmate, detailed or even 'precious' where larger ones can be seen as boisterous, enveloping and sometimes overwhelming. i would say for a comfortable setting that allows the viewers their personal space, anywhere from 11x14 to 20x24. NO LARGER THAN 20x24. 10x14 it's a standard frame size. I did at 11x14 & 16x20 I have been to quite a few galleries with photo exhibits, and I don't think there is a standard size. There are a few things to keep in mind when deciding what size to print your work, it is an aesthetic and technical decision. An Ansel Adams exhibit just wouldn't be the same if he printed 4 x 5. You should think about the content of your photos, and the message or 'mood' you want to get across. The same photograph may convey a very different tone printed a different size. Also, a more practical consideration, find the actual footage of the space you'll be exhibiting in, and make your choice appropriate to that. Also, I'm certain the gallery itself has some opinion. Perhaps they'd prefer a certain size range to fit with the other works hanging at the time. But don't sacrifice your artistic vision! Art is all about making aesthetic choices - what to photograph, what to crop, how many seconds to set your enlarger for. Your final size is just another one of those decisions. No smaller than 8x10 but since every gallery is a little different talk to the gallery your interested in to find out for sure. |
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