[pure-silver] Re: how to hang show?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Shannon Stoney" 


I am doing a show in the Nashville airport in early march.
I am trying to figure out how many photos I can fit in the space.  They
are framed to 16x20 and most of them are horizontal format, but a few
are vertical.  The lady who runs the arts in the airport program said I
could put them as close as 12" apart. That seems kind of close to me.
What is a normal distance apart for photos that size?

--shannon
In my studio lobby, there is a long wall where I have 16x20 verticals matted in 20x24 frames hung on 32" centers-- approximitely 10" between frames. On another short wall, I have two 20x24 frames hung on 48" centers. This configuration gives nearly equal space between the frames and on either side of the frames.
In a home setting, the wall around the frame can be considered as a secondary matt. Consider the portrait as a piece of furniture, and give it it's own space.
Your application, however, is not a home setting, but rather, a gallery. How will the photos be viewed? Will people be standing there intensely looking at each one? If so, they should have some space between them so that people won't be crowded as they view the photos. Or are they just background (not to disparage your work!)? If which case, they can be closer together. I suspect that in an airport, people won't be leisurely viewing the photos. 
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