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Monday, February 20, 2012

Portfolio Guidelines

Portfolio Presentation Guidelines:

·         Include your best and most recent work (12+) images.
·         Present work in a professional book, binder or case.
·         Include a cover page of your name, year and an optional image to represent your work.
·         Include an Artist Statement an overview of your process, areas of interests and future endeavors.
·         A title index of the photographs included in the portfolio.
·         Include only finished or completed works, no flaws.
·         Organize your work to fit together in a meaningful sequence.
·         Careful what goes beside what, the photos will affect each other.
·         More than one image on one page are considered one piece ie. diptych or triptych.   
·         The images should be the same size- there are exceptions, but for the most part.
·         Consider the layout of your photos in your portfolio before you buy a book, if your images are too big for your portfolio, then they might not fit on the page if they are landscape orientation. It is awkward to have to turn the book when looking through.
·         Make sure to use archival tape to fasten your images to the page.
·         If you are sending your portfolio to a post-secondary institution, check with the requirements of the school. Each school has different expectations.

 CD Portfolios of year end show
·         Make sure that your work is as finished/complete as possible.
·         Include a color printout of the work as well as a copy on disk format with attached list of instructions and programs used.
·         Make sure you label your CD.
·         Label the contents of the CD.
·         Put your CD in a CD envelope.

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