Photographs of the Past Process and Preservation (Paperback)

. Lavedrine

ISBN 10: 0892369574 / ISBN 13: 9780892369577

Editore: Getty Trust Publications, Santa Monica CA, 2009

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Paperback. Photographs of the Past: Processes and Preservation provides a comprehensive introduction to the practice of photograph preservation, bringing together more information on photographic processes than any other single source. In recent years, interest in old photographs has grown significantly among a broad public, from collectors, conservators, and archivists to amateurs seeking to preserve precious family albums. Although the medium of photography is barely 150 years old, its relatively brief history has witnessed the birth of a wide range of photographic processes, each of which poses unique conservation challenges. Introductory chapters cover issues of terminology; the rest of the book is divided into three parts: positives, negatives, and conservation. Each chapter focuses on a single processdaguerreotypes, albumen negatives, black-and-white prints, and so onproviding an overview of its history and materials and tracing the evolution of its technology. This book will serve as an irreplaceable reference work for conservators, curators, collectors, dealers, conservation students, and photographers, as well as those in the general public seeking information on preserving this ubiquitous form of cultural heritage. A guide to the techniques, methods, and processes of photographic conservation and preservation. It covers the Terminology, Positives, Negatives, and Conservation. It includes chapters that focus on specific processes - such as daguerreotypes, albumen negatives, and black-and-white prints. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: Photographs of the Past Process and Preservation (Paperback)
• Editore: Getty Trust Publications, Santa Monica CA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0892369574
• ISBN 13: 9780892369577
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: new

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In recent years, interest in old photographs has grown significantly among a broad public, from collectors, conservators, and archivists to amateurs seeking to preserve precious family albums. Although the medium of photography is barely 150 years old, its relatively brief history has witnessed the birth of a wide range of photographic processes, each of which poses unique conservation challenges.

Photographs of the Past: Processes and Preservation provides a comprehensive introduction to the practice of photograph preservation, bringing together more information on photographic processes than any other single source. Introductory chapters cover issues of terminology; the rest of the book is divided into three parts: positives, negatives, and conservation. Each chapter focuses on a single process--daguerreotypes, albumen negatives, black-and-white prints, and so on--providing an overview of its history and materials and tracing the evolution of its technology. This book will serve as an irreplaceable reference work for conservators, curators, collectors, dealers, conservation students, and photographers, as well as those in the general public seeking information on preserving this ubiquitous form of cultural heritage.

Informazioni sugli autori

Bertrand Lavédrine is director of the Centre de recherches sur la conservation des documents graphiques, Paris. Jean-Paul Gandolfo teaches at the École nationale supérieure Louis Lumière, Paris. Sibylle Monod oversees research publications at the Centre national de la recherché scientifique (CNRS). John P. McElhone is photograph conservator at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.

Bertrand Lavédrine is director of the Centre de recherches sur la conservation des documents graphiques, Paris.

Jean-Paul Gandolfo teaches at the École nationale superieure Louis Lumière, Paris.

Sibylle Monod oversees research publications at the Centre national de la recherché scientifique, Paris.

John McElhone is photograph conservator at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.