Hi,
I’m an artist new to this forum and have some questions about internet sales of photography. I’ve been approached by someone who is planning to open a gallery in Madrid, Spain that works exclusively with international contemporary artists, who all live far away from the host gallery and country. He is very interested in showing and selling one of my photo projects. Besides the gallery, they will have their own website and a space in artnet.com. They will focus on short edition photography and want to sell work to collectors worldwide via the internet. They will print the work and share all costs with the artist. There is no binding contract.

It all sounds really intriguing and opens up new ways to reach an audience and sell work. The owner seems credible and located me through an on-line artist registry, but as he lives in Madrid, I can’t meet him in person. He seems to be interested in finding sales opportunities for artists that minimize risks, but as this is all new to me, I’m unsure how to proceed. I’m also aware that there are lots of scams out there.

So far, he’s only asking for jpegs, info and prices. I was wondering if anyone has knowledge or familiarity with this, and could offer advice on things like cost sharing, pricing, making editions, red flags to look out for…

Thank you in advance.
Taryn