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This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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To frame or not to frame my prints to sell at events? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by poke532810@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I attended a recent horror writer event to sell my self published book of short stories and I brought along six 8x10 prints to sell. Someone suggested that I frame them instead of using mylar bags. If I go this route, do you think it would be more eye catching as to the quality that I want to represent? I presume the buyer could switch out the frame. The prints were both BW and color and the subject manner, to fit in with the horror writers tone, were photos of cars and old machinery from a junk yard.

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[–] batsofburden@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Matted is probably a better option than framed, or just an unmatted print.

[–] mikusmikus@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Display, framed, matted in bags to sell. Reason, who honestly wants to carry around a bulky frame with them when they already may have other things. A matted in bag can easily slip into a shopping, cary bag easily. And no worry about possible broken glass or plastic. ,