July 09, 2020

S07E07: Focus on Photos

1 hour 4 minutes

We zoom in on the topic of photography conservation and photos in collections with guest host Lorraine Finch. From positives to negatives, we build a picture of some common things look out for and discuss some ways of storing vintage photos. Also tune in for a review of ‘Twentieth-Century Color Photographs – Identification and Care’ and an Albumen cocktail (and mocktail) at the Benchwork Bar!

00:00:45 Do object conservators come across many old photos?

00:06:44 What sort of photos do we mostly encounter?

00:15:13 Book recommendations galore

00:16:23 Kloe frets about modern photography

00:20:53 Polaroid revival and instant photos

00:23:24 Common types of damage

00:31:56 Storage solutions

00:39:19 Treat it or lose it

00:47:25 Review: ‘Twentieth-Century Color Photographs – Identification and Care’

00:53:37 Benchwork Bar: Albumen

01:01:40 Patreon shout out

Show Notes:

– Lorraine’s previous episodes: https://thecword.show/2018/05/02/s03e04-looking-after-your-conservator/ and https://thecword.show/2019/09/18/s06e01-conservation-on-a-budget/

– The Centre for Photographic Conservation: http://www.cpc-moor.com/index.htm

– Winston Churchill Traveling Fellowship: https://www.wcmt.org.uk/why-apply/travel-grant

– Image Permanence Institute: https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/

– George Eastman Museum: https://www.eastman.org/

– Care and Identification of 19th-Century Photographic Prints: https://store.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/care-id-photographic-prints

– Photographs of the Past – Process and Preservation: https://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/books/photos_of_the_past.html

– Sub-zero storage of photographs: http://wilhelm-research.com/subzero.html

– ZINK technology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zink_(technology)

– Lorraine’s articles on the PEL blog: https://www.preservationequipment.com/Blog/Blog-Posts/Blog-Categories/Photographic

– Photographic Negatives – Nature and Evolution of Processes: https://s3.cad.rit.edu/ipi-assets/publications/negatives_poster_booklet.pdf

– Twentieth-Century Color Photographs – Identification and Care: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Twentieth-Century-Colour-Photographs-Identification/dp/0500517193/ or https://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/books/20th_century_color.html

– Go follow Amanda Richards for more conservation cocktails: https://twitter.com/ConserveItAll

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Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Kloe Rumsey, and Lorraine Finch.

Intro and outro music by DDmyzik used under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

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A Wooden Dice production, 2020.

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