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
Canadian Photographer's rights: http://ambientlight.ca/laws.shtml
UK Photographers rights: http://www.sirimo.co.uk/ukpr.php
Australian Photographers rights: http://4020.net/words/photorights.php
Portfolio Reviews:
For photographers, Ibelieve Portfolio Reviews are a great way to get exposure to your work when you have a tightly-edited conceptually solid portfolio. Great chance to meet and start building relationships with curators and others who can further your fine art photography.
Photolucida (held in odd years)
http://www.photolucida.org/critique.aspx
FotoFest (held in even years)
http://www.fotofest.org/success.htm
Photolucida's Critical Mass (online submission review)
http://www.photolucida.org/current.aspx
Juried Show Information:
Arts Deadline List gives competition deadline listings nationwide for all media: http://rtuh.com/adl/
Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) provides information and opportunities for Portland, Oregon (Clackamas, Multnomah, & Washington Counties) http://www.racc.org/
CameraArts Listing:
http://www.cameraarts.com/contests.php
Artshow.com is another source: http://www.artshow.com/juriedshows/index.html
NYFA offers current calls for a nationial listing of competitions: http://www.nyfa.org/ (look under Opportunities for Artists Link)
Southern Arts Federation provides an online search form http://www.artsopportunities.org/
Boulder CO Arts Resources http://artist.bldr.net/Opportunities.cfm
Manhattan Arts International: http://www.manhattanarts.com/Resources/exhibitions.htm
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