show and tell

So I'm having a show. My first show in fact. It's a collection of my images from the past few years and some very recent images too. My friend Vicki is hosting it in her new home. This is her second show. She recruited me as her next victim after her first. I tried to back peddle my way out of it, but she wouldn't hear of it. So for the past month or so I've been routing through slides and scanning negatives that have never seen the light of day. It's been fun 'discovering' these images. I had turned away from selling my personal photographs as 'art' awhile back, so I'm returning to a place I didn't think I would enter again.

It can be pretty vulnerable to put an expression of yourself out to the general public. It's almost like being a kid again asking the question, "will they accept me?" But heck, I'm having fun with the process of getting ready, even if I find it a bit frustrating at times. I'm finding it really challenging deciding how to 'present' my work best. I wish I had someone sitting beside me who was seasoned at this and could guide me along. However I have found a great guy who is printing my work and has given me some advice based on new materials he has come across.

I'm tired of the old matting and frames and have been introduced to something called sintra board. Essentially it doesn't require any glass or frame. The image is mounted directly to the board allowing a customer to choose whether they want to frame it or not, so this spurs me on and makes the process exciting. This is my poster with an image I've posted here before so I'm including another image that will be presented at the show as well.