What do you do with all those prints?

[jackbaty]

I print (B&W) nearly every weekend in the darkroom, which may yield one or two finished prints.

Wanting to also print color, I bought a Canon PIXMA Pro-100 and all sorts of paper. I've found myself printing dozens of photos over the past couple of days, mostly 8x10. It's fun and easy, but I'm starting to wonder what I'll do with all those prints! I certainly don't have the wall space.

What do you do with yours? (Digital and Silver Gelatin)

 

[konicaman]

Some of ours are laminated and used for exhibitions in our own home (my girlfriend is also a photo buff) and we a have a whole wall being used just for that purpose. They are just mounted directly on the wall with bluetac, and rotated often. The laminated photos are also good as placemats which again make nice gifts.

 

[mdarnton]

Laminating. . . what a great idea. I've been thinking of putting together a coffee table book of a pile of prints, but was having a hard time figuring out how to do it so people couldn't mangle them. It's like chalk screeching on a chalkboard when someone picks up a print and gives it a little flip to put a stiffening ridge up the center, topped with a little fold in the paper, and laminating would foil that!

 

[KenR]

Being more of a traditionalist, I dry mount the good ones onto 4-ply boards and put them by subject into boxes. The laminating idea is interesting.

 

[Glenn2]

Other than framed prints that go on walls I've been using Itoya art portfolios.
Link --> http://artprofolio.com/AP_Professional.htm

They come in a number of sizes but I've only used 8 1/2' x 11" and 13" x 19".
I bought them from a local place that sells artist supplies. They protect the prints very well and it's easy to swap things around.

Glenn

 

[MIkhail]

I print my stuff 5 by 7 (hand print and now using the canon printer, like yours) and give to friends. Of course I only give them those that make sense, like shots from our picnics, fishing expedition, travel, etc.
I don't give away my "art" stuff, not to put people in uncomfortable position: they may not like it but now would feel obligated to hang it in house...
Mostly, my art stuff is only for portfolio reviews and other occasions like that. Then I usually have no idea what to do with it as well...
Sometimes, I print 13x19 for people (by request only).

 

[bsdunek]

I mount & frame my good prints & sell them at art shows. There's no way I could find places for all my prints in our house. I need to keep making art prints, so that's my solution. Besides, the income helps support my habit.

 

[SausalitoDog]

I've got a lot of prints all over the walls (I had a bunch of flat head nails put in the walls and then painted over - the prints are held up with magnets) but I've gone way way past what my walls can handle. I have a closet with boxes and boxes of prints...

 

[Fawley]

Boxes. Lots of boxes. I prefer to look at my photo record via prints rather than on the screen. Every couple of months I drag one of the boxes out and shuffle through it. It helps to remember where I've been and maybe which direction I should head. I should really be framing and hanging more.

 

[MatthewThompson]

Thumbtacks!

I've got a lot of prints stored in RC-paper boxes, and a few full 16x20 portfolios from when I was in college.

 

[froyd]

I'm running out of wall space. I have a stairwell that's lined top to bottom ceiling to floor with framed images I've shot.

I'm planing to keep the frames in the same space but rotate content going forward.

I also like the idea of a traditional photo album. I've put together many self-published photobooks, and they have their purposes, but the quality of my inkjets is miles better than most of the publishing services I've tried, and the same goes for traditional darkroom prints.

The photo album is something very easy to hold and browse when friends and visitors come over, and there's something more personal about one of a kind prints that photobooks does not transmit.

 

[batey_1020]

Im just starting out printing inkjet print b&w and color and im considering using something like this for finished prints.

http://www.silverprint.co.uk/ProductByGroup.asp?PrGrp=712

or

http://www.silverprint.co.uk/ProductByGroup.asp?PrGrp=713

I also have the intention of mounting my Grandfathers darkroom prints to sore them properly and be presentable to family when we visit them. A lot of them have curled by simply being placed in boxes unfortuantly and i want to preserve them for future.

 

[plummerl]

I told my wife that I was thinking of starting to use the ceiling for mounting photographs. This did not go over to well. 😕

I'm running out of wall space. I have a stairwell that's lined top to bottom ceiling to floor with framed images I've shot.

I'm planing to keep the frames in the same space but rotate content going forward.

I also like the idea of a traditional photo album. I've put together many self-published photobooks, and they have their purposes, but the quality of my inkjets is miles better than most of the publishing services I've tried, and the same goes for traditional darkroom prints.

The photo album is something very easy to hold and browse when friends and visitors come over, and there's something more personal about one of a kind prints that photobooks does not transmit.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

I sell them. I don't print one unless someone has put money in my hands for it, or I need it for an exhibit. I often give prints to friends too.