Wednesday, May 26, 2010

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entry techniques: Introducció to the conservation of photographs i impressions electronique

Monographic course introduction to the conservation of photographs and e-prints led by the teacher and restorer Pau Maynes.

Monographic course introduction to the conservation of photographs and electronic impressions. It is organized by l ' Associació Cultural l'i field of the conservation Restauració (ACARC) and directed by Professor Pau Maynas , restorer specializing in photography with an outstanding career as a restaurateur and teacher.

Some
content to be addressed are: definition of photography, manufacturing techniques and characteristics of positive photographic terminology of photography heritage, history and definition of photographic techniques, new media and preventive conservation of photographic collections.

The course, lasting 16 hours, will take place between 7 and June 10 from 9:30 to 13:30 at l 'Escola Superior de Conservació i Restauració of Béns Culturals de Catalunya. It costs 200 euros for non members and 150 euros for members.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

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In Honour of Archer

Video
that in the context of the event and exhibition Cerimony Frederick Scott Archer, "pays homage to the inventor of the collodion wet.
Frederick Scott Archer is considered one of the inventors of the photographic process wet collodion. The first official mentioning collodion photography was Gustave Le Gray in his Traité pratique de la photographie (1849) speaks of this solution as a recipe for a negative role and a year later, applies to a proceeding glass (1). In March 1851, the sculptor and photographer Scott Archer, who published a proposed methodology collodion well experienced in the British magazine The Chemist . The method represents a breakthrough in photography because it allows a more instant, with an exposure time 15 times lower than they need the most modern daguerreotype. It seems be that Archer was already working on it since 1848. However, Archer did not patent the process and did not bring any profit. In 1857, only sesis years after the publication in The Chemist , Archer died practically penniless and is buried at Kensal Green cemetery London, where she remains in an unmarked grave.





The video, made by the collective Atelier Rear , Contains part of the initiative Frederick Scott Archer Cerimony , project created with the aim of rehabilitating the image of Scott Archer made a tribute in his memory and placing a plaque on his grave. This event took place last May 1 in the same cemetery Kensal Green. Together, there were also demonstrations of the wet collodion process resulting in a total of 22 images to be exhibited at the Dissenter's Gallery, located in the same cemetery, until 22 May. The project has been funded by donations and profits from the sale of the book Wet Plate Collodion World Day 2009 , publication containing pictures of Wet Plate Collodion World Day, an initiative developed by The Collective Collodion.
More information: Rear Atelier

(1) Sougez, Marie-Loup. History of Photography. Madrid: Cátedra, 1981, p. 127.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

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New version of JHOVE2

has released version 6.0 of JHOVE2 , funded by Library of Congress arising from the collaboration of California Digital Library (CDL ) Portico, and Stanford University.


JHOVE2 is successor Jhovan (JSTOR Harvard Object Validation Environment), a joint initiative of JSTOR and Library Harvard University which aims to validate specific format digital object based API to JAVA.

Jhovan, and now JHOVE2 version 6.0, is one of the most interesting in the process of identification and validation of electronic files. In the intake phase, to verify the format and check the degree of correspondence in the file structure on the format. Jhovan is able to identify the major photo formats digital.
More information: JHOVE2