A Guide to the Preventive Conservation of Photograph Collections - Softcover

Lavédrine, Bertrand

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0892367016 ISBN 13: 9780892367016

Publisher: Getty Conservation Institute, 2003

Synopsis

More than 30 years of continuing research into the preservation of photographic collections have led to a better understanding of the fragility of these images and the means by which to preserve them. A resource for the photographic conservator, conservation scientist, curator, as well as professional collector, this volume synthesizes both the enormous amount of research that has been completed to date and the international standards that have been established on the subject. The book opens with a description of the principal forms of deterioration that photographs may undergo. It surveys the variety of containers used to house photographs and the environmental conditions each is meant to improve. It also discusses the maintenance of photographic collections and the precautions that must be taken in exhibiting them. Special attention is given to the digital technology and innovative techniques available to manage a photographic collection and ensure its longevity.

About this title

About the Author

Bertrand Lavedrine, Associate Professor, Conservation Program, Sorbonne. Jean-Paul Gandolfo, teacher, Ecole Nationale Superieure Louis-Lumiere, Paris. Sibylle Monod, Research Associate, CRCDG.

Review

“Providing a broad overview, spanning cultures and periods on all aspects of keeping historic and artistic collections, Sarah Staniforth has compiled classic, authoritative and amusing readings from foremost experts in their field. . . .  This is sure to be among the more popular books in the library, until the next eagerly awaited publication in the GCI series.”—NYU Institute of Fine Art Newsgram
 

“This book is like a table laden with so many enticing dishes one doesn’t know where to begin.”—Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

"A calm, elegant, timely reminder that, although preventive conservation might depend on high-tech and expensive equipment, it can (and, more often does) rely on traditional skills."
—Burlington Magazine

“Excellent.”—Journal of Architectural Conservation

Edition details

• Publisher: Getty Conservation Institute
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0892367016
• ISBN 13: 9780892367016
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304