Introduction
Exhibitions are a great way to showcase individual pieces or bodies of work, this helps both artists and photographers to make a reputable impact. The Great Exhibition was one of the first successful exhibitions which was held in Crystal Palace in 1851.
Exhibiting our work
We all had different opinions about exhibiting work; one of the main negatives was the way the work was hung by clips. In my opinion this made the exhibition appear as if it was temporarily hung in order to amend any adjustments that was required. Another factor to why it didn’t work for me was the prints themselves; the paper wasn’t cut into neat proportions and this made the whole exhibition look as if it was thrown together without any consideration. Others argued that these factors made the whole exhibition more effective as we were displaying pinhole images; they stated that the images looked like darkroom experiments rather than controlled outcomes.
Examples of other exhibition
I looked at Aperture to find my exhibition resources as it contains both ancient and cotemporary examples followed by an article, which really helped me understand the history behind each exhibition.
Conclusion
There are numerous examples of exhibitions that I’ve included yet each have a setup that looks professional and works with their style of photography. The most unusual design I’ve seen was that of Martin Parr that was hung by drawing pins;
The images are presented professionally even though he’s opted for this format of display. I felt this was lacking within our exhibition and maybe if clips were placed underneath as well as on top the images, this would have appeared far more presentable. From the experience I have discovered a whole range of designs within exhibitions, like the use of drawing pins but it’s the time, planning and thought process that makes the exhibition successful.
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