I 'was' about to enter a few pieces into a gallery show until I went to get some frame pricing. Since I won't accept garbage materials in framing, I almost required a call to 911 (emergency services) once the framer presented the price. I wasn't going for gold plated or anything out beyond an ordinary acid-free double matted and glazed wood frame. Maybe it's just been too long since I last purchased framing but the last time I ordered framing for images this size it was well under $200. This time it was considerably over double the price I last paid. Once I pay for the printing, the gallery entry fee, THE FRAMING, and the gallery commission, in order for me to make anything at all on the one photograph I would have to charge about $700.00. Even at that price the framer and the gallery, are making far more than I am. WTF!!!!!!!!!!!
To make this story a lot shorter and to keep my blood pressure to a minimum... the gallery show is out, out, out!
It's no wonder that nobody is buying decent creative works and I am not selling anything.
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