1. SELECT YOUR IMAGE

1. CHOOSE ONE OF YOUR OWN FAVOURITE PHOTOGRAPHS
Select a single photograph made by you and associated with Wales; then

• create 3 prints of the photograph:
  2 prints to swap with other participating photographers; plus
  1 additional print to be donated to a #SwapsWales archive box* for 2021.

• Physical prints (paper size) can be anything up to a maximum of A3 dimensions
  (297 x 420 mm) and the photographic image (film or digital) on the print can be
  of a size and format of your choosing - colour or black & white.

2. ANNOUNCE YOUR SWAP

2. SHARE YOUR INTEREST IN SWAPPING ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Having selected your image and made your prints; then

• take a photograph showing your three completed prints with the swap image clearly visible on them;

• create a good quality Jpeg file of your selected swap image (800 pixels on longest edge at 72dpi);

• post the photograph of your prints and the swap image Jpeg on Social Media, and include the tag #SwapsWales in the post;

• complete the form below to confirm your participation and provide some information on the image and prints you’re prepared to swap. These details will also accompany your print if it’s to be included in the #SwapsWales project Archive Box.

3. SWAP

Suggestions on how to Swap

• meet at one of the three photography festivals or their related events in Wales

• meet in one of the indie photography galleries who will be staging their own photography exhibitions in October

• if prints are A4 or smaller in size, consider exchanging by signed-for Royal Mail postage if you’re unable to meet in person

3. SWAP YOUR PRINTS
Having announced your prints being available for a possible swap; then

• explore social media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter and Facebook the week before and throughout October 2021 for the tag #SwapsWales to see prints offered for swapping by other participants;

• also keep an eye on the social media feeds of Ffoton along with several of the other photography galleries and festivals in Wales, as they will be actively re-sharing a variety of interesting #SwapsWales participant posts throughout October;

• if you identify a print you’d like to swap with, make contact with the photographer and include a link to your own post on social media for them to view and consider your print offer;

• feel free to also create a page on your own website showing the photograph of the 3 prints, the swap image and the tag #SwapsWales if you’d rather accept approaches to swap directly via your site or email;

• if you agree a swap with another participant, arrange between yourselves how you’d like to exchange prints. If meeting in person, we would advise meeting during daytime hours and/or in a public place. Be sensible.
  See opposite for a few obvious suggestions.

• enjoy the ride! Don’t be disheartened if there’s little or no interest in your prints or any offer you might make to swap, keep an eye on the #SwapsWales tag and observe what others are offering. You can always keep your prints or gift them to someone!

• to be included in the Archive Box, participants are required to swap at least one of the two prints they’ve made available for swapping with another participating photographer by midnight on 31 October 2021.

• exchange of prints is the sole responsibility of participants.
  #SwapsWales is intended as a free, fun and creatively rewarding participatory project.

#SwapsWales
Archive Box*

As if swapping prints with other photographers whose work you admire wasn’t exciting enough, we’re hoping diverse participation in this project by photographers of all skill levels will encourage print swaps, and an interesting physical record of them beyond October 2021 in the form of a new Swaps Wales Archive Box.

By photographers curating their own work before considering how they then might present a single image in print form to others, we hope the project will reveal a range of creative work being created in and of Wales in 2021.