I have always wondered how museums handle really large photos. I can understand paintings because they come sort of “pre-mounted” on canvases, but what about photos? Say a museum received a gift of a life-sized Richard Avedon photo. How would that photo be mounted to show? Would it be framed? Glued to some kind of backing? I am not so much interested on how they attach it to the wall, but rather how do that prepare it for show. Any insights? The reason I ask is because I am thinking of making some large prints, like 40x60 or larger, but am not sure what to do once I get them.
It depends on the purpose to the display of the photos.
A friend, now an award winning photographer, goes to various events to show off his photography, with a focus on his 2 big projects. He makes 18x24, 2x3 & 4x6 prints of his subjects.
He has long strips of aluminum or plastic, that get clamped to the top and bottom of the prints. Those then become the hanging points and weight to hold the print straight.
Are these bare prints?