life in pictures # 15 ~ working working
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 09:48PM 
Sale ~ Cherry Hill Mall - Cherry Hill, NJ • click to embiggenA number of questions, re: my upcoming exhibit, have been asked. I'm taking a short break from crunch time stuff, so I'll try to answer them as best I can.
Bit first, Anil Rao stated that, "I wished I lived closer so that I could see the framed prints
come one, come all • click to embiggen in person in a gallery setting". Which reminded me that I wanted to extend an invite to anyone who's so inclined to make it to the opening or, for that matter, to the gallery at anytime while the exhibit is up. That could be for quite a while, perhaps even indefinitely, if I have my way - I've made an offer to rent the space and small studio space behind it.
FYI the attached invitation isn't the finished piece - I have yet to add the address and the fact that I am arranging live music at the bar, 20 Main, across the street from the gallery. Suffice it to say that, if anyone out there is coming, the gallery is on Main Street in Au Sable Forks and you would have to be deaf, dumb, and blind to miss it.
Question # 1 from Sven W - when selecting the exhibition images, what is the criteria you are using?" Since the exhibit is titled The Forks / there's no place like home, criteria # 1 is that the pictures be in or around Au Sable Forks. After that, I am picking pictures that best represent how I see, tossing out those pictures that, while nice enough, are more like those you might see in a calendar of Au Sable Forks.
Question # 2 from Sven W - "are you planning on posting an online gallery of your final 24?" and a somewhat related one from Anil Rao - I am hoping that you will do us a favor and post some pictures of the opening reception and also of the work hanging on the walls." The answer to both questions is "yes" - there will be an online gallery and I will have pictures from the opening and of the gallery when the pictures are hung.
Question # 3, 4 from Dennis Allshouse - "do you have a fixed size 
folio case • click to embiggenfor the hanging prints...?" and "How are you boxing the portfolios?" I am hanging 2 print sizes - 12 24×24 inch prints and 14-20 12×12 inch prints. The portfolios will be in a folio box as per the photo on the right.
FYI - both the folio and the exhibition photo book will be available here on The Landscapist.
That's about it for now. So it's back to crunch time for me. Hope to see a few of you at the opening.
Reader Comments (4)
I know you are busy Mark, but I would be interested in hearing about the process you went through to actually get the gallery space and show your work. My impression from an earlier post you wrote is that the space may have been slated for other local work before you proposed your idea. I am wondering how "the powers that be" reacted to your idea and to your photography in general. Was it a difficult sell? I really admire your chutzpah, determination and willingness to bust your ass to accomplish this. Do you see this new gallery, if you are lucky enough to be able to rent it, as your permanent work/creative space? A new role as gallery owner on the horizon perhaps? Also, are you actually going to frame your images? Lots of questions I know....
How about a nod to the non-artistic types, who gave good advice about what prints to use, such as "pick some shit that people like," and "remember that one with the bus in it?"
Absolutely critical advice to "pick some shit people like." I see that highly pastoral scene with the big red barn, rainbow and, if I remember correctly, an RV, prominently displayed in the window. That'll work to draw 'em in. Can't wait to see the final 24 picks.
@the wife: Yes, that's partly why I asked about the selection criteria Mark was using. Is he going for the "deep and meaning" stuff (Fine Art) or the "pretty picture" stuff. Or does Mark have a secret plan to re-educate the locals to the fine art of seeing?