[Jewelry making - Article 00004] - Re: [Orchid] Viewing of slides

[Hratch Babikian]

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    well ...well.... it isn't a silly question, you may think that there
    is a protocol for all galleries to follow, sort of an unspoken rule,
    but to my horror I had found out that one gallery in NYC in the 90's
    had so many portfolios to check that the director would stand over a
    trash can and start opening the mail to check slides/sheets holding
    them up to the light ,each person had between 3 to 6 seconds to make
    an impression if you didn't pass ;out you went, or down you went, I
    had heard similar stories from different artist friends ,that the
    Galleries had so many to chose from that they wanted to spend the
    least amount of time spent sifting through slides, I have a gallery
    owner friend in Philadelphia who was showing me his desk, a foot high
    of portfolios stacked ,adding and this is just this week ,every week
    it's the same, my advice would be always call before you send
    anything and check if they have any time to look and what means are
    they using to view the imagery. the other side of this topic is ,I
    had a photographer friend trying the same as any to get in the door
    of galleries ,he after a while figured is better off sending in 2x2
    slides or 4x5 transparencies ,so that way they wouldn't need any
    equipment, and the color and image is much more saturated and clear.
    he did get in. good luck Hratch

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