ellightimages Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 <p>Our rural county in central NE is building a new hospital. I have a tentative meeting with the Administrator next month to discuss their 'wall decorating' needs when he has a better idea of their budget available. Has anyone ever dealt with providing photography for a hospital or I suppose it would be the same with an office complex? I thought I'd have an idea of prices for license rights for x amount of time or direct purchase of framed images. Possible license rights at an amount/time frame with option for images swapped out for new ones upon renewal of license payment.<br> "The new facility will consist of 56,587 square feet and will include an 8,471 square foot medical office building", including 20 patient rooms and many out-patient areas.<br> Any other thoughts or ideas on approaches appreciated.<br> (I shoot nature and landscapes. Building library of local/NE shots having lived here 3 years and have years of images from the mountains of the southwest. I'm in process of updating/changing website, but if what I shoot makes a difference in pricing you can see it here: <a href="http://www.ellightimages.com">http://www.ellightimages.com</a>.)</p> <p>Thanks!<br> Kim</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 <p>I've looked into this with a couple of local hospitals and medical centers when I saw interesting stuff. All of them have taken the "gallery" approach, i.e., put your work on the wall, a discrete price list, no commission, and no pay. Some hospitals may actually buy something but the current state of healthcare would not encourage them to spend money on art.</p> <p>BTW, my work was rejected because they thought it would make patients (more) depressed. After that, I asked without showing anything, but it wasn't a great deal.</p> Music and Portraits Blog: Life in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_h.1 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 <p>Hospitals around here usually have a themed series of very large framed (often bare wood) print images hung along a hallway which stays there for years. I often wondered if some administrator was charged with obtaining photos and went with whatever decent safely themed imagery came along in a set which is easier to deal with. The themes around here seem to be flowers, local landmarks and positive staff/patient type interaction with the usual formula of people, interacting with props and a medical environment type background. Occasionally other non formula artistic images. I suspect, but don't know, that the series are purchased and never thought about again since the 'decorating' is all taken care of at that point and no further hassles are needed.I haven't seen any for sale but I haven't been to all the locations.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtk Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 <p>You might want to research the cost of photo-as-wall-covering (mural, wallpaper) Vs the cost of good quality stucco. I don't know current realities, but I do know that it was cheaper to install a full-wall-mural (floor-to-ceiling) than to pay going rates for plaster a few years ago. Banks, hospitals, and professional offices did that. Mural costs have gone down incredibly sharply with inkjet. </p> <p>Our two major hospital systems exhibit the beautiful, emotional, photojournalistic work of the photographers they hire to do video work for fundraisers and general PR. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve m smith Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 <p>Our local hospital is very well decorated with many works of art by local artists. All of them donated.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obi-wan-yj Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 <p>Howdy Kim,</p> <p>You may not remember me, but I believe my 8-yr-old daughter & I shot Sandhill cranes alongside you at Ft. Kearney last year. Anyway, I used to work at the larger of the two hospital systems in Lincoln. They actually have a full-time staffer who is solely in charge of interior decorating. All of the art hanging in their buildings is purchased outright rather than acting as a gallery, like Jeff described. Most of it is one-of-a-kind originals, although they do have some of Forsberg's prints as well. That said, most of it was purchased before the recent recession hit, so their policy may have changed in the last few years.</p> <p>I'm afraid I don't know any of the numbers, although I do have the name & email of the decorator if you want to contact her. My email is in my PN profile.</p> <p>I've considered trying to get my stuff into local office buildings, perhaps so the office rents photos to fill a space, with the option to trade them out with other pieces of my work every 3 or 6 months. Not sure if that's a viable strategy or not. Treating the business as a gallery, as Jeff described, wouldn't seem to be very lucrative for me, even if the sale price was printed right next to the piece. (And before anybody comments, my PN gallery is pretty old and not very representative of my current work.)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 <blockquote> <p><em>Has anyone ever dealt with providing photography for a hospital?</em></p> </blockquote> <p>I have done this. Do not count on any sales. In my experience people do not go into coffee houses, restaurants, hotels or hospitals. look at the art on the wall and think about buying for their personal enjoyment. This is especially true of hospitals. Simply sell the hospital the prints at a reasonable price ( $300-$600 per print not including matting, framing, and securely hanging the photos (so they don't walk off) based on the number of prints they are looking to purchase. They do not nee copies of your negatives or digital files so licensing isn't an issue. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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