The first thing you should do after receiving the folio is to inspect it for obvious damage and contact your administrator to acknowledge receipt.\u00a0 This must be done. It is not<\/span> optional.\u00a0\u00a0 Email is the preferred communication method, but a phone call works as well.<\/p>\n Please treat the slides with care and respect.\u00a0 They are beautiful things and usually irreplaceable.\u00a0 If you do get a fingerprint on a slide, try to clean it off carefully with a soft tissue before the finger acids attack the emulsion. Please do not remove protective sleeves from the slides.<\/p>\n You are responsible for the folio while it is in your possession.\u00a0 Sharing the images with others is encouraged but you must do so responsibly.\u00a0\u00a0 If sharing them with a group (members of a photography club, for example), you should request that only you handle the slides as the viewer is passed.<\/p>\n Please make sure all of the slides are returned to the box and that they are correctly placed.<\/p>\n The menu-bar at http:\/\/stereo.thurstons.us\/folio provides filters for the folios.\u00a0 The images in the folio should be contained in the two highest numbered loops.\u00a0 Clicking on one of these numbers should return a list of descriptions for all of the images in that loop.<\/p>\n Please read the artist-supplied text before commenting.\u00a0 If the artist has already documented a deficiency in the image, there is little need to draw further attention to it in your comments.\u00a0 If the artist has asked for specific types of comments (“I considered using a landscape mount for this image.\u00a0 Do you think it would have been a better choice?”), please try to oblige.\u00a0 Helpful comments and constructive criticism are encouraged; shallow, trivial and hurtful comments are discouraged.<\/p>\n There is space in the folio for four slides from each artist.\u00a0\u00a0 It is your decision which of your images to exhibit to the other folio members.\u00a0 Think of this as your exhibition space.\u00a0 You may choose themed images or an assembly of disassociated works; the decision is yours.<\/p>\n When you have selected your images, take a few minutes to write a description or make some notes to accompany each of your works.\u00a0 These notes can include technical details (what equipment you used to produce the image), environment details (how the weather or setting influenced your image) or draw attention to some specific feature of the image.\u00a0 The associated web pages are very flexible and you may contribute as much text as you need with your images.<\/p>\n Before placing your slides in your section of the box, ensure that each of your slides is labeled with at least your name and address.\u00a0 Feel free to\u00a0print some of your description to include in the box with your images.\u00a0 This makes the folio self contained and easy to enjoy without a computer.<\/p>\n The folio box must be packaged for shipping.\u00a0 It was chosen to fit into a “Medium, Flate-rate” box. Please take care in your packaging.\u00a0 There should be bubble-wrap or foam between the folio box and all sides of the shipping box.\u00a0\u00a0 If the packing materials in which you received it are still usable, please reuse them.\u00a0 If the box is damaged or the bubble-wrap flattened, please replace it.\u00a0 Do not use “peanuts”<\/strong> or other loose foam.<\/p>\n The folio box contains an ordered list of the participants.\u00a0 You will be sending the folio to the person following you on the list.<\/p>\n Before you send the boxed folio to the next participant, you must<\/span> confirm that he or she is ready to receive it.\u00a0 This is not<\/span> optional.\u00a0 Email is the preferred communication method, but a phone call or text may also work.\u00a0 If the next participant is not able to receive the folio or is un-reachable, do not send the folio<\/strong>.\u00a0 Contact your administrator to discuss options.<\/p>\n General shipping guidelines<\/p>\n When the package has actually been shipped, please contact me to let me know it has moved on.<\/p>\n There must be a correctly completed customs declaration with the folio.\u00a0 The contents may be described as: “Personal photos, no commercial value.”\u00a0 The package may be valued at $10.\u00a0 If you do not declare a value for the package, customs will assign its own value to it.\u00a0\u00a0 Check the box that says it is a “gift”.<\/p>\nViewing<\/h2>\n
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Specific shipping guidelines for the international leg<\/h2>\n