I’m brand new to photography as well as we meant an additional photographer who told me he sales a little of his work during galleries.
How do we contention to Galleries?
How do we find them?
Do we have to compensate to contention anything???
I would unequivocally conclude a assistance here!
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his is something I have done for a long time. The first place to start is at any local galleries. Visit the gallery to see the type of art they display. They may or may not be a "fit" for your work. You will usually always have to pay rental according to how much space you want to have, plus the gallery will take a commission from anything you sell, usually 40%, so you have to price your work to make a profit after the commission is taken out.
To get into galleries in different parts of the country, the easiest way is to go to Google and type in these words…
call for entries
This will bring up many sites and galleries seeking work for submission. It is simply a matter of following the requirements of the gallery. There will usually always be a theme they want photos to meet. Yes, there is in most cases a fee you must pay to submit your photos, whether they are chosen to be in the showing or not. So be prepared to lose some money in submission fees. If your photo(s) is selected to be in the gallery, it can mean you may have to send a print yourself and they will frame it, or you may have to print and frame it yourself, or some galleries will print your high resolution digital photos themselves. I prefer to have prints made by my lab so I know the quality is what it should be, but then, if it does not sell, you have to arrange for return shipping. If the photo sells out of the gallery exhibit, again there will be a commission to the gallery.
This can be a lot of work, but also a labor of love. It is very gratifying to have your work acknowledged by the art community. In time, you will fall into the "clique" and will be having galleries contact you with calls for entries. I have received two this week already, plus I have works submitted to 3 different exhibits around the country.
One word of reality though. Do NOT expect to get rich, or even make a living doing this. I know of NO one that makes a steady, living income from selling photos through galleries like this. So don’t quit your day job! lol Most photographers supliment their income with the usual portrait or wedding work, or just have other "real" jobs for steady income. I have sold as many as 4 photos in a couple of weeks, and have also gone for months and sold nothing.
So this is really something you do for the love of it and to be a part of the art community, don’t go into it expecting to make any real money.
Seeing as you are "new to photography" I highly doubt that your images will be good enough to sell.
Are they as good as these?.
http://photo.net/gallery/photocritique/filter
Slow the hell down.
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For starters:
http://www.kiqlo.com
More professional:
http://www.123rf.com
You get to look in your phone book. You get to go for a walk around town, you get to go to the farmers/crafters market. You get to see what is up for sale close to home. THEN and only then would I tell you to have some larger prints made up. Look at your work. Have you put any large prints on your wall for everyone to see? If not, why not?
When your ready make up at least 15 images 11×14 or larger. Have them put into white mats. Treat them like gold. Go with them in a nice carry case to the galleries you want to show them. Pray they like them and are willing. Do not be upset when your told no. It is not you, it is just that they do not think they will sell at there. Go to another one. OR.. get space at the crafter market and see how things go there first. Money in your hand from sales will tell you more then what I or anyone else here types.
There is a lot about photography that I suggest you learn before you ever begin to think you are ready to sell your work. Because I’ll tell you right now, I wouldn’t buy the work of any person claiming to be new to photography. It’s not all about the image, it’s about what is behind the capture. There are countless images of bridges, flowers, butterflies, and hay fields in circulation around, including in my own flickr photostream. But I wouldn’t display any of them without first knowing a little about the photographer and why he or she thinks I should own their work. Supporting a photographer is not unlike supporting any artist. And for most people, the art they wish to own needs to connect with them on some intrinsic level, a level greater than the satisfaction of some twerp trying to follow the crowd by selling their mediocre photography.
To answer your specific questions:
To submit work to a gallery, you must first find a gallery which supports photographic works and displays them for sale. And there aren’t many. You can start by getting involved with the art scene in your area and meeting different people. It doesn’t matter how you think your work looks, or whether you think it’s good enough to be displayed in either a photography or art gallery. What matters is what other people think of both your work, and you.
You can find galleries by first picking up an art catalog from your local Barnes and Noble, or any other book store. Local galleries publish new and existing exhibitions in art cataloges. Also, find a starbucks in your local "art" district, many galleries post exhibitions on the bulletin boards. And check out any local art museums, many exhibitions in museums have local ties to many galleries in the area. Or you can check out local community college art departments.
(most of this is common sense)
And yes, you will have to pay to submit your work to any art or photography gallery. You lease the studio space for your exhibition. If you do not sell anything, you will lose money. That is why it is "who" you know, not how good you think you are.
You say you met some photographer who sells his work at a gallery, you should be asking him this question.
I have my images up at 2 different galleries for sale. I’ve sold a whopping 2 prints out of about 20. Actually I didn’t expect to sell anything. I’m just happy they are out there. You need people to see your work. Not just once or twice, and not just anyone. Really if you could get a couple shots up in local restaurants just for people to see, maybe put a price on the back, just for fun, you’ll get people to see your stuff. Make sure you have your contact info on their so if they want to put it up, they can get a hold of you. I wouldn’t wait by the phone. The 2 galleries I am in currently invited me to be there and mounted and framed all my shots for me. Best of Luck!
Do you have a website I can view some of your work?