Position the framed print so that it does not catch reflections from the viewers perspective.
Yecch.The only suggestion I have is, just don't put the photos behind glass. You could mount them in a "box" on the wall. Essentially, a deep frame w/ your print floated within. Or, have them float on the wall. Mine are glued to canvas you can get at Hobby Lobby for ridiculously low prices, something like $10 for 10 canvas stretched on stretcher bars in different sizes. Once glued (reversible art spray adhesive stuff), I use thin wood around it to frame things up.
Glare isn't a problem for prints that are properly located.
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My prints are all inkjet, which is inherently "archival" with modern Canon pigments. Modern times.
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Modern work in significant galleries usually specifies "archival inkjet" or similar , at least a often as silver.
I would seriously look into some sort of gallery lighting. A few years ago we remodeled the living room, and instead of scattering my prints around the house with whatever combination of window and bulb light that happened to be there, I decided to dedicate one wall with room for four 20x24 frames and track lighting I purchased from Tailored Lighting. There is one light for each photo, a couple of feet out from the wall. It made even my photos look good! There is absolutely no glare, it makes the color pop, and it actually makes the blacks look blacker (I suspect what is actually happening is that the whites are whiter). I'm sure that there are other sources for this type of lighting - I can't make any comparisons as to quality or cost. My cost was folded into the larger remodel, so I don't remember exactly how much it was, but the investment was absolutely more impactful than a new camera or lens.
Go to any museum or gallery. Works on paper are always under glass: etchings, drawings, pastels, photographs. The are all too susceptible to damage without some protection.I gave up the glass years ago. We don't put our paintings or etchings behind glass, so why photographic prints? I also exhibit this way.
Go to any museum or gallery. Works on paper are always under glass: etchings, drawings, pastels, photographs. The are all too susceptible to damage without some protection.
I would seriously look into some sort of gallery lighting. A few years ago we remodeled the living room, and instead of scattering my prints around the house with whatever combination of window and bulb light that happened to be there, I decided to dedicate one wall with room for four 20x24 frames and track lighting I purchased from Tailored Lighting. There is one light for each photo, a couple of feet out from the wall. It made even my photos look good! There is absolutely no glare, it makes the color pop, and it actually makes the blacks look blacker (I suspect what is actually happening is that the whites are whiter).
I gave up the glass years ago. We don't put our paintings or etchings behind glass, so why photographic prints? I also exhibit this way.
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