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Rundbrief Fotografie
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Faces and Views: An Insight into the Photograph Collection of
the Moravian Archives (Unitätsarchiv) in Herrnhut
The Moravian Archives are a joint facility of the Evangelical
Brethren (also known as the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, Unitas
Fratrum and Moravian Church). The origins of this Free Church,
which is associated with the German Evangelical Church, go back to
the 15th century. From 1722 onward, the church was renewed by
exiles from Moravia and Pietists in Herrnhut, situated in Saxonian
Upper Lusatia, on feudal grounds belonging to Imperial Count
Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700-1760). In the mid-19th
century, church members on the British Isles and in North America
acquired greater independence through the establishment of
provinces. Today, the Moravian Church is divided into 20 provinces
worldwide that, to the most part, grew out of former mission
territories. The Archives in Herrnhut are at the same time the
Provincial Archives of the Continental European Moravian Province.
They were founded in 1764 and have since then, together with the
traditionally associated historical and research library and
various other collections, held custody of written documents. The
collections hold not only museum objects from the history of the
church and the mission, maps, landscape views and architectural
drawings, a large collection of paintings, drawings, prints and
paper silhouettes, but also countless photographs.
Die Fotosammlung als Bestand des Unitätsarchivs - Herkunft
und Inhalt - Fotografen - Aufbewahrung und Nutzung -
Anmerkungen
Pictures for Science: The Deutsche Fotothek
The Deutsche Fotothek (German Photo Library) in the Saxon State
and University Library (SLUB) is a photographic archive of art and
cultural history of universal diversity. From its establishment as
the first German State Image Archive in 1924 and its systematic
expansion as the ‘Central Institute for Pictorial Documents
of Science, Research and Teaching’ since 1956, the Fotothek
has developed into a modern centre of excellence for digitization,
publishing and mediation of visual media. Today, more than 1
million images are available free of charge in an online database
at www.deutschefotothek.de.
Within the approximately three million photographs in storage, the
collection focuses on art, the history of architecture and
technology, and the cultural history of Saxony. In the centre of
the institution’s activities is the rigorous,
holdings-oriented development of internet services, particularly
by means of fundraising. This also touches on the issue of the
long-term preservation of visual memory. The Deutsche Fotothek
works with a hybrid solution of reproduction and conversion
(without neglecting conventional preservation approaches).
Fotografennachlässe: Sicherung durch Digitalisierung -
Kunstgeschichte/Technikgeschichte -
Datenbanktechnologie/Distribution - Open Access - Ausstellungen
und Publikationen - Anmerkungen
The Moritzburg Foundation in Halle/Saale: Collecting,
Preserving, and Communicating Photography-A First-hand Report
Every story has a beginning, and it is often coincidences and
fortunate circumstances that initiate crucial momentum. My story
with the photograph collection of the Moritzburg Foundation Halle
(at that time Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg) began in 1993, when
I, as an undergraduate art history student, hesitantly opened the
door to the curator’s office, and, curious but quite unaware
of what to expect, asked for an internship. It was curator T O
Immisch’s openness and his unconcealed passion for a medium
completely unknown to myself that gave me the feeling of being in
the right place from the very first meeting onward. It was also
the work itself -within the archive but also involving exhibition
projects- that drew me into the world of photographic imagery.
With each passing day my appetite for this unusual medium grew,
even at a time when photography was still not being treated in the
university curriculum. A four-week sojourn turned into several
years of cooperation, and the mentor of the ‘young
intern’ grew into something of a ‘photo godparent’:
a term that is also accurate in a further sense. For it was T O
Immisch who built up the still relatively young collection from
its founding in 1987 to one of the most important photographic
collections in eastern Germany and who has provided authoritative
stimuli with numerous exhibitions and publications.
Fotografie in deutschen Kunstmuseen - Die Sammlung Fotografie in
Halle - Ausstellungen, Publikationen und Projekte -
Partnerschaften und Kooperationen - Vorhaben, Pläne und deren
Umsetzung - Anmerkung
Preservation and Evaluation: The Ringier Picture Archive in the
State Archive of Aargau
With its several million pictures from the period between 1930
and 1995, the ‘Ringier Dokumentation Bild’ (RDB) holds
Switzerland’s largest photographic picture archive. The
collection emerged in connection with the Ringier company’s
publishing activities, including the publication of 20 journals,
as well as through the purchase of other agencies’ archives;
it thus constitutes a visual cultural-historical source of
national importance. The digital revolution of the late 1990s
fundamentally changed the field for photo agencies. Electronic
imaging technology accelerated the creation and marketing of
pictures at an unanticipated rate; as a result, the old, physical
holdings found themselves left behind. Ringier has addressed this
development with a digitisation project in which approximately
200,000 of the most important pictures from the original holdings
have been brought back into use. The question has arisen as to how
to handle the old holdings of approximately seven million
photographs that require large storage areas.
Das Sicherungs- und Evaluationsprojekt - Ein visueller Fundus -
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