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Presenting Photography for Sale to Public?

I currently sell my photography online, but have been offered a chance for a mini-show at a cafe nearby. When selling online, I find it easier to sell photos that are unmatted so the customer has their options, but I am sure that this is not the way to present photographs to people in person. I know how to spray mount photographs, and have previously sold photos that were merely spray mounted on uncut matboards and placed in polypropylene bags. Is this an appropriate way to sell photos? I would like to avoid having to sell all of my photos behind cut mats, as some of my photos are cropped to unusual sizes and I do not have to time to order custom cut mats. Can any one with experience selling photographs give me advice? Thanks.

Public Comments

1. At a minimum when displaying your work they should be properly mounted on cut mattes. The idea of exhibiting is that you display your work in the best possible way. In the flyers you can advise that the prints are available mounted/framed or just prints for mounting by the customer. I have found that sales from exhibits. tend to be of the ready framed/mounted rather than just prints (except in the smaller sizes). If you are selling on a market or in a shop then you should be displaying examples mounted/framed and your stock would be unmounted or just mounted on basic boards, but again you give the customer the option to have it mounted/framed and price them accordingly. a
2. My suggestion would be to select a standard size mount and matt for your images. The advantage that brings is that the purchaser can, on his own, then purchase a standard size frame, without you having to increase the selling price of your images to include framing. There is no requirement that your matt actually cover the trimmed edges of your print. That means that you can use a standard size mount and matt with print that is smaller than the opening in the matt; the fact that you choose to crop your images in non-standard dimensions is your creative choice, and doesn't prohibit you from subsequently offering them for sale in standard size mounts/matts.