It's a problem, yes!
Whoever makes your printed posters can probably tell you how frequently
your exh. images need permission/input before cropping. In my
experience, on top of the literal rights issues, you also have the
personality issues. E.g., when an important person (artist, curator,
donor, collector) doesn't like the way something looks, you might not do
it even if you're within your rights. Different museums may put
different weight on the latter issue. I don't think I've ever cropped an
artwork image without a curator having veto power; but that may not be
the practice everywhere. Being clear about that ahead of time may save
you a lot of effort down the road, if you can get authority to do it
within your department.
Sometimes the "full view upon click" approach has helped with one or the
other kind of issue. But even figuring out what the options are can be a
time-sink. On the other hand, if you have a poster/print/advertising
design department already securing permission for this kind of work,
maybe you can tell them what aspect ratios work for you, and they can
handle it.
What about resizing for responsive displays ... will the images retain
the same shape and details at every size? Or will foreheads potentially
get chopped off, etc. That may be important for everyone to understand
and plan for.
best,
Matt
On 12/12/2016 11:15 AM, Chris Alexander wrote:
Hello all
We're currently redesigning our website and a question came up. I'm hoping to
cull some information from the museum community about how other museums handle
the same situation.
On our exhibition page the redesign relies heavily on landscape image similar
to this - where text floats to the left of a landscape image then switches on
the next exhibit listing.
------------ •••••••••••
----text---- • Image •
------------ •••••••••••
••••••••••• ------------
• Image • ----text----
••••••••••• ------------
------------ •••••••••••
----text---- • Image •
------------ •••••••••••
The design requires the images to all be the same size for it to look it's
best, meaning they would be cropped in a lot of cases. We came across a lot of
museum sites with similar requirements during our discovery phase.
My question is - how are museums handling this? Do you secure rights for
cropping artwork? How difficult has it been if so? Are museums offering a full
image view on click of the cropped image? Are there museums throwing caution to
the wind?
Very interested in hearing from you all!
Best regards,
Chris Alexander
Digital Media Manager
Cantor Arts Center
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