Cafés & restaurants that display photos

homerun_homer

I was just wondering has anyone here had work displayed (for sale also) in cafés or restaurants that display works of photographers?

If so how did you get to doing so, just talk to people that work there/owners?

Tallon

I never have, but I'd imagine you just go and ask....

smelltheglove

I know at my old docs a patient actually gave them pics to display and put his business card in teh corner, this way they had free pictures and he could potentially make a few bob also.

rameire

Did one of the lads on here (pete4130), back a few months ago, have his traffic pictures displayed in a café in temple bar?

here's the link http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055547509&highlight=pete4130

Maybe you could ask him for advice?

.Longshanks.

rameire wrote: »

Did one of the lads on here (pete4130), back a few months ago, have his traffic pictures displayed in a café in temple bar?

here's the link http://http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055547509&highlight=pete4130

Maybe you could ask him for advice?

^ too many http's
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055547509&highlight=pete4130

dazftw

Yeah I was just talking to pete about this a little while ago, its seems like a good enough idea and im sure plenty of places would be up for! Im scoping out some places around Waterford, hopefully ill find some places that are interested..

pete4130

Yeah I did it in Smock alley Cafe in temple bar. Cormack is the guys name, he's really dead on. Around the corner there is a cafe called Cha Cha Cha and they are willing to do it too. It's a case of walking in and asking and showing some work and if they like it, they put it up when they have a free slot.
I've got the same "Direction" road marking series going up in the Bernard Shaw bar around the 29th september to coincide with something else thats going on there on that date but I'm printing at A0 size which is almost impractically too big.
I knw the Globe show artwrok sometimes, but a friend actually some painting stolen from the Globe on two occasions with people unscrewing them from the walls and leaving the bar with them, some of them quite large!

It's a lot easier than you'd imagine to get people to show your work. Just go do it and you'll find somewhere.


Good luck!

Covey

Petes hit on what I was just going to say.

You'll get many places to take your photos, but make sure they are insured under the owners insurance.

Also keep a regular eye on the place as Restaurants have an unhappy knack of closing down without notice.

jdivision

Grogans, Front Lounge, Solas all used to do it. Not sure anymore. I bought one from a pub before and very happy with it I am