About
Plastic Sandwich was founded in the early 1970s by Joyce Pinto. Rob Jacobs joined the
company 5 years later. The service provided a complete portfolio presentation package
for photographers, designers and ad agencies.
At that time a portfolio consisted almost entirely of laminated tear sheets, proofs and prints
mounted and laminated to a uniform size. In the 80s the increasing trend was for mounted transparencies mainly duped to 10x8. This was staggeringly expensive for our clients to
keep an up to date ‘folio. The cost of a dupe plus mounting was getting close to £100 for
one new image and some clients has several portfolios to update.
Around the end of 1999 this form of presentation made way for prints in book form. By this
time we had already designed our print book which is now 99% of what we do.This period
in our company has probably been one of the most enjoyable. It’s almost irresistable to
walk past our leather store without giving a loving
touch to this wonderful natural product.
As well as the leather book, the sleeves etc. are all custom made in house and can be
any size or format. If help is needed we are always available to discuss our client's
requirements in planning a portfolio. Normal service is a week to 10 days but we will
always meet a deadline.
Our client base includes stars of the photographic and advertising industry worldwide as
well as film makers, corporations, PR and event organisers, architects and anyone whose
activities or craft are best shown through the presentation of images.
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Sponsors of Travel Photographer of the Year www.tpoty.com
Photography by John Mac www.john-mac.co.uk