Marketing Advice and Information for Artists
Advice, Websites, and Information Helping Photographic Artists:
Wide range of good information at: http://art-support.com
Mary Virginia Swanson's photography marketing blog at: http://marketingphotos.wordpress.com/
Photographer's Rights:
Sadly, even artists have to know their rights. These days a lot more converstations start "...you can't shoot that" or "...what are you doing". I get this I especially get it when I stand in one spot for hours by my tripod.
If you want to avoid getting hassled when you are confronted about your photography. Take a look at these pages, the sites listed below have pdf's you can print out and carry them with you:
US Photographers rights: http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm
UK Photographers rights: https://www.pauldavidsmith.co.uk/photographers-rights
Australian Photographers rights: http://4020.net/words/photorights.php
Portfolio Reviews:
Portfolio Reviews are a great way for photographersto get exposure to your work. It's best to have a tightly-edited conceptually-solid portfolio. It's a great chance to meet and start building relationships with curators and others who can further your fine-art photography career.
Photolucida www.photolucida.org/portfolio-reviews
- 2024 next?
FotoFest fotofest.org/the-meeting-place
- FotoFest The Meeting Place Houston 2024 (FotoFest shows March 10-19 2024, meeting place before)
Photolucida's Critical Mass www.photolucida.org/critical-mass (yearly online submission review)
- Critical Mass 2023, winners announced
Juried Show Information:
There are many lists of Photographic competitions. Here is a short list of lists:
- L'oeil de la Photographie: loeildelaphotographie.com/en/event_type/photography-awards
- All About Photo: www.all-about-photo.com/photo-contests/photo-contests.php
- Lenscratch's List: lenscratch.com/resources/callsforentry
- Picter List: submit.picter.com/home
- Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) provides information and opportunities for Portland, Oregon (Clackamas, Multnomah, & Washington Counties) www.racc.org
Business Cards:
- Card Size: 2"x3.5" (Photoshop approx 2452px by 4291px)
- Best sizes for Fonts: 11 point to 7 point
- Coated 100lb stock for cards with full color photographs
- Heavier card stock possible if limit to 1 or 2 color
Post Cards:
- 4/4: full color both sides
- 4/1: Full color one side B&W other
- 4"x9" Postcard (same as rack brochures), 2 to 3 images on one side, room for background on reverse, fits #10 envelope
- 3"x5" Postcard, 1 image on one side
- Always send with cover letter