[Leica] Picture size

[lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin)]

Mark writes:

My standard as most photographers was 11x14's for decades. Shows could be

11x14 but got to me mainly 16x20.

Sometimes I'd go through an 8x10 phase. As would my friends it seemed.

Right now my default is an idiosyncratic 5x7. Not a real popular size you

hear of people printing in  but I like it.

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Photo shows restrict picture size as a matter of convenience, practicality
and economics. By a strange series of events I became one of the directors
of a large photo show in the Hudson Valley. The area is a hotbed of Madison
Avenue photographers and artists who try to establish their artistic
credentials (as opposed to commercial credentials) by exhibiting in the
show. Out of necessity we had to restrict the maximum picture size to 16x20
inches. It was a balance between available wall space and the number of
photographers who could exhibit. Besides bigger pictures were too difficult
to store and handle. I personally would have liked to see a few wall
spanning murals but, alas, I was outvoted. Fewer photos meant lower exhibit
fees and eventual bankruptcy.

Larry Z