The booth price for the Sausalito Art Festival runs from a bare-bones 10x10 for $1050.00, to a "double with one corner" booth for $2800.00. I decided to go over there Sunday morning to check it out—take a look at the photographers.
$5.00 parking (the inexpensive lot: regular price was $10.00.)
$20.00 admission fee ($10.00 Senior Rate, thank god.) Hm.
Looks like the festival provides canopy roofs—gives it a nice uniform look.
Photographers: Almost all were showing landscape pix. I guess that’s not surprising. Some of the nicest photos, I think, were being shown by Darren Olson of Minneapolis. He had a number of his photos printed on canvas, which he does himself on his high-end Epson printer. Surprisingly effective. (See above photo. I didn’t want to get in any closer for fear of providing too much digital information.) This is his first Sausalito appearance: we wonder how it’s turning out for him.
A few photographers stressed the point that they used traditional photographic media ("Real wet process.") I don’t exactly see how that really gives them any competitive advantage.
There was one fellow who had posted a cranky note up in his booth to the effect that he did NOT want people asking him what kind of camera he used, him being a True Artist to whom the choice of camera was strictly a secondary matter. Huh.
Pricing: Many photographers were listing quantity "deals," i.e., 8x10: 1—$75.00, 2—$145.00, 3—$199.00.
A final note: I got there at 9 AM, hoping . . . no, expecting to be able to get some coffee and a nice festival pastry. No such luck. One van selling coffee (not very good) and zero pastries. But, plenty of beer, margarita and wine booths!
Photo: Sausalito Festival—Marin County, 2008
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