CHAPTER 4

Text, Printed, and Publicity Materials

FIGURE 4.1 “Highgate.” “I print everything myself and each print will be slightly different. My images are often printed for the fi rst time some twenty years after they were originally taken, so I have serious problems with the way photographs are described as being ‘printed later’!” Gary Woods.

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Image © Gary Woods

One of the most neglected areas of exhibition preparation is generally the text. This is often because photographers see themselves as visual rather than verbal people and either dislike writing or ignore its importance in showing the work. But exhibitions almost always entail a certain ...

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