[Tom Edgerton]

Depends on to whom you're pitching.

Most gallery resumes are very specific listings in great detail of education, shows, awards, grants, fellowships, number and gender of pets, etc. by date, generally of everything you've done artistically. I'd put it in the back of your presentation.

For a portfolio, a bio of two or three paragraphs of your career highlights on one sheet are sufficient, in an easy to read prose style. Most potential portrait clients only skim this if they read it at all. You can stick a client list of all or selected portraits by name in the back if you want, especially if you have some prominent clients. If they want to pull it out and read it, they can.

The point is, for portfolio purposes, don't create a mountain of detailed information in the front of the book that a client has to climb over to get to your first image. Maybe just a title page with your name and the short bio on the next page to build up a little suspense, and then your first image. I put the nuts and bolts info in the back.

Hope this helps.