Urgent Exhibition Advice needed

[DuncanP]

I am about to enter 3 B&W photos for Bristol's Royal West of England Academy's annual open exhibition.
This is a competitive entry system, where the entries go before judges in a two stage selection process.
To cut a long story short I have to provide information on their size and pricing when I submit the applications before 5pm tomorrow.
The resolutions are 2796 X 3927, 3024 X 4032 and 1899 X 4750. They have been processed using NIK Silver effects which has given them a grainy quality and I feel that they are quite striking which would allow them to be enlarged beyond that of a standard photo.
What print size would you recommend that I submit. I wonder if a smaller picture would have more chance of being selected, in that it would allow the judges to fill the wall with more pictures.
Secondly, what price should I submit for them. I would like cover my costs (inc commission, printing and framing) and given that this is a high profile exhibition, which has been judged, I do not want to submit too low a price.
The photos have a ragged border from NIK Silver effects. I like this but have heard that this does not go down well with judges.
Any further advice would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

 

[Nexus]

Print size and framing is all down to what you personally think works best. Obviously if you are also looking to sell the pieces, that can come into the equation. A larger print and frame will naturally command more as it is, but perhaps if its too big, it will only suit buyers who have the wall space and really like it.

In terms of pricing... I actually covered an art exhibition opening two weeks ago and I asked a couple of the Artists in attendance how they priced the work. They said its actually very simple, you just work out how many hours you put into it and in the case of photography where you might have expensive framing, ensure your costs are covered for that too.

Cheapest I saw some framed prints going for were around £75-100, both of these were from what I believe were quite inexperienced photographers though, so I believe they priced their work low. On the other hand, the majority of photographic work was priced from £300, with some going up to as much as £500.