CoMa 2013 [electronic resource] : Safeguarding Image Collections.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Part I; THE VISIONARY GAZE AND THE MYSTERY OFTHE LIGHT ROOM. THE "NEW PHOTOGRAPHY"THINKING; IMAGES OF VALUE; Part II; ORIGINALS, REPRODUCTIONS, ORIGINALREPRODUCTIONS; THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN PRACTICAL USEAND PRESERVATION; LOST AND FOUND; REFLECTIONS ONTHE HISTORY OF THE CONSERVATIONAND ARCHIVING OF PHOTOGRAPHY; Part III; SHOW ME YOUR SHOES,I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU COLLECTDEVELOPING NEW APPROACHES IN THEMANAGEMENT OF (PHOTOGRAPHIC) COLLECTIONS; INVESTIGATINGLOW-ENERGY CLIMATE CONTROLFOR THE PRESERVATION OFPHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTIONS

COMBINING SCENOGRAPHY AND PRESERVATIONCONSERVATION OF CELLULOSE ACETATEPHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES; ON THE MARKING OF PHOTOGRAPHY; THE CHARACTERIZATION AND CONSERVATIONTREATMENT OF AN ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHUSING ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNIQUESAND NOVEL REINTEGRATION METHODS; Part IV; CONSERVATION AND DIGITIZATIONOF NITRATE FILMS AT THENATIONAL FILM ARCHIVE IN POLAND; SUSTAINABLE RE-USE OFDIGITIZED ARCHIVAL CONTENT; FROM DUST TO DISPLAY; Part V; SAFEGUARDING IMAGE COLLECTIONS,WHY AND FOR WHOM?; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

This book presents the proceedings of the ""CoMa 2013: Safeguarding Image Collections"" international conference held in Brussels, on 31 October 2013, and offers the reader not only a wide variety of subjects relating to the preservation of image collections, but also an overview of the different professions and practices involved in the preservation of photographic heritage. The proceedings contain some practical examples illustrating how CEN regulations and generally accepted standards can b...