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How do Museums Mount really large Photos? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by No-Faithlessness-50@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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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.

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[–] Aware_Athlete_8285@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I used to work at a lab and would shudder at the total cost of scanning, printing and framing/mounting sometimes. Instead of traditional framing you can have prints mounted to different types of board. Like dibond, aluminum or acrylic, face mounting or gator board, for example. A bit more modern looking since you don’t have a mat board and a frame. Is usually hung using aluminum tubing mounted to the back of the board and hung that way.