Photograph Conservation

 

ONLINE RESOURCES    

American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works—Photographic Materials Specialty Group

Atelier de Restauration et de Conservation des Photographies de la Ville de Paris

Conservation Online—Albumen Photograph: History, Science, Preservation

Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works and the New York Public Library—Characterization of Silver Gelatin Photographs

Fundamentals of the Conservation of Photographs, Teaching & Learning Resources of the Getty Conservation Institute

George Eastman House: Notes on Photographs

ICOM-CC Photographic Materials Working Group

Image Permanence Institute

Institute of Conservation (ICON)—Photographic Materials Group

Photograph Conservation Research at the Getty Conservation Institute

Regional Alliance for Preservation

BOOKS, JOURNALS & CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS    

The Digital Print: Identification and Preservation by Martin Jürgens (2009), Los Angeles: Getty Publications.

Encyclopedia of Printing, Photographic and Photomechanical Processes (vols. 1 and 2) by Luis Nadeau (1994), New Brunswick: Atelier Luis Nadeau.

Fundamentals of Photograph Conservation by Klaus Hendriks et al. (1991), Toronto: Lugus.

A Guide to the Preventive Conservation of Photograph Collections by Bertrand Lavédrine (2003), Los Angeles: Getty Publications.

History of Photography by Josef Maria Eder (1978), New York: Dover Publications.

The Illustrated History of Colour Photography by Jack Coote (1993), Surbiton: Fountain Press.

Issues in the Conservation of Photographs edited by Debra Hess Norris and Jennifer Jae Gutierrez (2010), Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.

Memoirs of a Photochemist by Fritz Wentzel (1960), Philadelphia: American Museum of Photography.

A New History of Photography edited by Michel Frizot (1998), Cologne: Könemann.

The Permanence and Care of Color Photographs by Henry Wilhelm and Carol Brower (1993), Grinnell, Iowa: Preservation Publishing Company.

Revoir Henri Cartier-Bresson, papers of a 2008 symposium held in two parts, the first on 47 Oct. at the Centre Culturel International de Cerisy-la-Salle, Normandy, and the second on 1415 Nov. at the Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, edited by Anne Cartier-Bresson and Jean-Pierre Montier (2009) Paris: Editions Textuel.

"Understanding 20th Century Photographs: The Baryta Layer," abstracts of a symposium held on 24 Jan. 2006, Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles.

Le Vocabulaire Technique de la Photographie by Anne Cartier-Bresson (2008), Paris: Marval.

For more information on issues related to Photograph Conservation, search AATA Online.