Help with displaying photos?

[ctp93]

Not sure where the best place to post this is?

I have been asked to provide 12 or so shots for a gallery exhibit in January. That is cool and all, but I have never done it. They want 20x30 shots.

So my question is, where would I go to have them printed and mounted on something like gatorboard? Is there a better option?

Most will be black & white. They are live performance shots of artists, and I really think it would be cool on metallic paper?

I just don't know squat about doing it.

Anyone know anything about that? I know I want it on some sort of hard core backing, but I am not sure what to use. Someone mentioned gatorboard to me, and from what I see on the web, it seems cool. Not sure who can accept my digital images and do it for me though.

I was thinking of getting the metallic B&W print on double matte from MPIX, but I am not sure that will be nice enough. I want something to present them that looks really nice. I don't know anything about framing them either, or if they even need it.

Help

[d2creative]

I've had some 16x20's printed and mounted on some kind of plasticy board at www.whcc.com
I've also had them print b/w on metallic.
Maybe try there.

[MarkM]

The plastic substrate is called styrene. Awesome mounting material. Tougher than double weight mat board.

Todd, although we use metallic paper on some client work if we have an image with lots of warm tones, orange, tan, brown, I think your BW would look great on metallic. Won't need lamination or glass after framing.