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Rundbrief Fotografie
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Photographic Cellulose Nitrate Negatives: The Cellulose Nitrate
Programme of the City of Paris (Part II)
The previous edition of this journal presented the first part
of the "Nitrate Programme" of the City of Paris, an account of the
methodology of the negative surveys. This part is devoted to the
plan of action. Currently implemented measures, of which the
choice of a storage concept is of central importance, are
introduced. The storage concept will not only permit preservation
measures but also the future dissemination of the collections by
the institutions concerned and by the new picture agency in Paris
"SAEML Parisienne de l'Image". It is intended that all collections
of cellulose nitrate negatives will be held in premises that offer
satisfying preservation conditions and comply with prevailing
laws. Since the latter is very problematic, these premises will
not be available until 2007. In expectation of this move, safety
precautions for the involved staff and urgent preservation and
conservation steps have been undertaken since two years. In
addition, important preparatory work for the move will be carried
out.
Ausarbeitung eines Aktionsplans (Maßnahmen zur
Arbeitssicherheit in den Institutionen -
Konservatorisch/restauratorische Sofortmaßnahmen -
Vorbereiten der Bestände im Hinblick auf ihren Umzug - Ein
Archivierungskonzept, das Konservierung und Verwertung verbindet)
- Zusammenfassung und Ausblick - Danksagung - Anmerkungen -
Literatur
ARCP - Restaurierungs- und Konservierungslabor für
Fotografien der Stadt Paris: www.paris-france.org/musees/arcp
The Photographic Activity Test (P.A.T.): On the Testing of
Various Materials
The Photographic Activity Test (P.A.T.) has already been
described a number of times in this journal. In spite of this, or
perhaps precisely because of this, this author repeatedly faces
inquiries from specialists in the field of photograph preservation
and conservation concerning the execution and the significance of
the test. This may also be due to the fact that the test is
commercially primarily offered by merely one institution, the
Image Permanence Institute (IPI). Suppliers of archival materials
indicate whether a certain product passed the P.A.T. summarily;
detailed test data on specific product groups or individual
products in a published form, however, are almost always missing.
A comprehensive examination of the P.A.T. along with an
experimental appendix may be found in a project that was carried
out with the assistance of the IPI. The work also contains
rudimentary information about tested materials and tips for the
practical implementation of the test. This paper presents the
results of this author's own tests, which were not remittance
work, and discusses findings from the inclusion of the P.A.T. in
an internship as well as current questions connected to the use of
the yellow silver detector film.
Der Standard-P.A.T. - Der Color-P.A.T. (Dye Coupler Reactivity
Test) - Farbbilder-P.A.T. - Charakterisierung und
Verfügbarkeit der Detektoren für den Standard-P.A.T. -
Untersuchungen zum P.A.T. (Reproduzierbarkeit des Standard-P.A.T.
- Vergleichsmessungen mit Proben und Detektoren aus dem IPI -
Untersuchungen zum Reaktionsmechanismus der Reaktionen in der
Emulsionsschicht des Image-Interaction-Detectors -
Standard-P.A.T.s mit schlechten Materialien - Standard-P.A.T.s mit
Handelsprodukten für die Archivierung - Standard-P.A.T.s mit
verschiedenen Materialien - Standard-P.A.T.s mit Materialien aus
dem Archiv einer mittleren Großstadt - Standard-P.A.T.s mit
Fototüten Color-P.A.T.s (Dye Coupler Reactivity Test)
Farbbilder-P.A.T.s) - Zusammenfassung und Ausblick - Adressen -
Anmerkungen
Don't be Afraid of Data! On Dealing with New Image Media in
Museums
This contribution considers questions of the use of new image
media in museums. Viewed under consideration of the efficiency and
the limits of new technologies, in the larger context of
technological change, and with an appropriate pragmatism, the side
effects of the "digital revolution" arising in these institutions
are found to be quite manageable. The meaning of the photographic
original and its possible virtual representations is discussed in
terms of both museum practice and photographers' authorship. The
side effects include the disappearance of former processes and the
necessity of new qualifications and expertise in technical and
conceptual issues, as well as the consideration of other attitudes
towards perception and reception. Advantages and disadvantages of
the use of digital picture media in museums are discussed on the
basis of different applications such as exhibitions, catalogues,
print media, and documentation.
Das fotografische Original: Aura und Anmutung -
Paradigmenwechsel - Zum Einsatz neuer Techniken im Museum -
Ansichtssachen: Anna Koch - Zum Umgang mit dem Immateriellen -
Migrationen - Neue Wahrnehmungen - Neue Anwendungen und
Anforderungen - Projekt einer digitalen Bilddatenbank: Ein
Beispiel - Anmerkungen
A Database of Hessian Photographers: A Project of the AK
Fotografie in the Hessischer Museumsverband
The AK Fotografie (AKF) is one of three working groups in the
Hessischer Museumsverband. It emerged from a group of
photographers, museum curators, archivists, and others that were
interested in photography who had been meeting in municipal
museums and city archives in Frankfurt to exchange opinions and
experiences since 1990. The AKF has been active in the whole of
the state of Hesse since 1995. During this time, numerous advanced
training seminars on the identification of different photographic
processes, handling of photographs and negatives, and copyright
issues were organized. An annual lecture series that offers a
multidisciplinary approach to individual topics of photography has
also been taken up since 1997.
Forschung und Datenbank - Durchführung - Zum Beispiel:
Gregor Bodenschatz - Stand der Dinge- Kontakte und Ausblick -
Anmerkungen
Internet Publications: On Dealing with Cultural Heritage in
Public Collections
Digital media have not only transformed scholarly work by
offering new possibilities of publication and presentation, but
have also increased the pressure on public museums, libraries and
picture archives to present their collections on the internet.
Legal ambiguity, triggered particularly by the hesitant process of
amendments in copyright legislation in the past years, and
the rising costs for public budgets provoke a creeping development
that threatens to undermine the self-image of public collections
in their direct handling of cultural heritage. Apart from a
discussion of legal issues, a political cultural debate is absent.
A political cultural deliberation should usually precede
legislation in the context of cultural heritage. But it is very
easy for those responsible to give the authority for understanding
and handling cultural property to lawyers and businesses that use
the images. This article would like to encourage a political
cultural discourse on the basis of two central questions: How
forthright should or must we deal with our cultural heritage? And
in which form is cultural property to be prepared and used?
History of the 20th Century: The Photograph Collection of the
Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv
The photograph collection of the Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv
has been built up as an addendum to the document archives since
the 1960's and comprises some hundred thousand photographs today.
It is considered a distinct part of the collections department.
Apart from acquisition and indexing of photographs, the duties of
the photograph collection consisted from the outset and still
consist today of assigning and administering duplication of
selected archive materials on film in adherence to conservation
criteria. The photograph collection is subdivided in eleven
holdings. Registration is effected by means of databases; the
holdings are partly accessible through scans. This article
introduces the holdings and describes their current condition and
perspectives of measures of conservation and inventory.
Die Fotosammlung (Fotoarchiv Gerlach - Fotoarchiv Palka -
Fotoarchiv Hula - Fotosammlung Matz - Fotosammlung Reiffenstein -
Fotosammlung Schöner - Fotosammlung Schmutzer) - Weitere
Bestände - Die Benützung - Der konservatorische Aspekt -
Ausblick - Anmerkungen
The "Picture Archive Schwenkel": A Collaborative Project of the
Landesanstalt für Umweltschutz and the Landesmedienzentrum
Baden-Württemberg
On July 14, 2005, the Landesanstalt für Umweltschutz
Baden-Württemberg (since 1 January 2006 LUBW Landesanstalt
für Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg)
turned over the so-called Schwenkel Archive, an exceptional
collection of images, to the Landesmedienzentrum
Baden-Württemberg (LMZ). The Schwenkel Archive is the image
archive of the former Landesstelle für Naturschutz und
Landschaftspflege. It contains approximately 15,000 photographs of
the first conservationists in Württemberg. The LUBW continues
to hold the property rights and copyrights; the LMZ has been
granted the use of the pictures and the observance of the rights
of their use. The LMZ and LUBW plan to co-operate closely with
preservation and indexing tasks.
Bestand und Berichtszeitraum - Entstehung und Geschichte - Bedeutung - Erschließung - Konservierungskonzept - Forschungsbedarf - Nutzung - Literatur
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