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portfolio question

winger

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Some of my work was informally reviewed by the executive director of a gallery. She liked my print quality (complimented it well - ), but what she really seemed to like were my handcolored photos. She said it seemed like a real body of work. The thing is, she saw about 7 or 8 and they were on just 3 separate images - just different color variations.
So, my question is - if I make a portfolio of just handcolored photos, would it be ok to put different variations of the same images like that? Some have subtle differences, while others are very different.
 
Hi Beth

I would not present different variations of same images by different colouring methods, I would though explore variations of the basic image and prepare a series of different views of the same subject matter.
four or five different views of the same three images then become 15 different subjects that you can then colour.
hope this helps

 
I don't think there is any artificial stricture against having fifteen versions of the same image, if the collective statement made is cohesive and unique. If the work can justify it, and you can articulate the justification, go for it! As mentioned before, Warhol did it with his pop-art Liz Taylors, Campbells soup cans, and self-portraits. He usually limited it to square numbers (two, four, nine, maybe sixteen) on the same page.
 
Thanks all! Bob, that's sorta what I'd been thinking. I have some more coloring to do before I have enough anyway (and probably shooting, too), no matter whether there are multiples or not. But that's what winter is for.
Perhaps laying them all out on a table will show me how different or how boring the group would be.
 
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