[pure-silver] Preservation of old photographs
- From: Sauerwald Mark <mark_sauerwald@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:19:43 -0800 (PST)
Pure Silver list members -
My wife is image curator for the University of
Southern Maine, and got this call for help in her
mailbox, which she forwarded to me - and I am
forwarding on to you.
I can't think of a group more likely than this to be
able to help with this project.
Mark
> >>> Dusan Stulik 02/15/06 12:50 PM >>>
> YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!!!!!!!
>
> We live in a very interesting time of rapidly
> changing technology. Digital imaging is quickly
> replacing classical "chemical" photography. Because
> of this transition, there is an acute danger that we
> will lose vast amounts of information about all the
> various methods and processes used in classical
> photography, consequently making it much more
> difficult to manage and preserve a vast portion of
> the cultural history of photographs that exists in
> museums, archives and private collections.
>
> The main goal of the GCI's Research in the
> Conservation of Photographs project is to develop a
> methodology for the identification of more then 150
> photographic processes that have been used since the
> dawn of photography.
>
> One very important tool in our research is the study
> collection of photographic materials that we are
> using in our everyday work. And this collection and
> our research can greatly benefit from your help!
>
> All of the materials and instruments once used as
> part of "ancient" film technology are now usually
> just relegated to collecting dust, having been
> replaced by digital photography. Old unexposed and
> expired films and photographic papers have little
> practical use now... except that those materials
> have tremendous value for our scientific research.
>
> We are actively looking for any sources of old
> photographic material that have a well-identified
> manufacturer or some determinative information (such
> as a production date):
>
> B&W and color photographic films and plates of any
> size and make;
>
> Polaroid and Kodak instant photographic material of
> any kind;
>
> B&W and color photographic papers unused or even
> partially used when in their original boxes;
>
> We are also trying to put together a collection of
> developed B&W and color photographs, slides and
> transparencies where the date of the photograph or
> the manufacturer of the photographic material can be
> readily identified. We are not necessarily looking
> for quality photographs....multiples or rejected
> photographs will still fulfill our needs.
>
> Please let us know if you would have any material
> that would benefit our research. A number of our
> colleagues from the GCI have already helped us to
> build our study collection, and we hope that the
> whole Getty community will help further support us
> as we build this collection.
>
> Thank you very much for your help!!!!!
>
> On behalf of the GCI photos project,
>
> Dusan Stulik
> Getty Conservation Institute
> phone #6224
> dstulik@xxxxxxxxx
>
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