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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:03:26 -0400
From: Laura Seifert <lseifert@chsgeorgia.org>
Subject: ACRA-L - Care and Identification of Photographs Workshop
 
 Apologies for cross-posting....
Care and Identification of Photographs
 
New York: September 27-30, 2010 (Hosted by METRO: Metropolitan New York
 
Library Council)
 
San Francisco: October 18-21, 2010 (Hosted by SF Camerawork)
 
Savannah: November 4-7, 2010 (Hosted by the Coastal Heritage Society)
 
 REGISTER NOW:
 
http://bit.ly/9KBucm (link to New York/METRO registration)
 
http://gawainweaver.com/workshop/care-id-photos-2010-san-francisco/
 
http://gawainweaver.com/workshop/care-id-photos-2010-savannah/
 
 Registration Includes:
 
* 4-day workshop
 
* 280-page color notebook (printed on HP Indigo Digital Press)
 
* 60x LED handheld microscope
 
* OPTIONAL: Basic Photographic Sample Set
 
 This 4-day workshop is an introduction to the history, identification, and
preservation of photographic materials. Participants will acquire hands-on
identification skills and learn practical photograph preservation
techniques. Using handheld 60x microscopes and a large set of photographic
and photomechanical samples, they will learn how a variety of processes were
created, why they look the way they do, and how they deteriorate. Knowledge
about photographic processes is essential to their preservation and leads to
a greater appreciation of the aesthetics and history of photographic prints.
 
 Preservation topics include enclosures, handling guidelines, environmental
monitoring, the effects of temperature and relative humidity on collections,
and the importance of cold storage for certain photographic materials.
 
 Processes examined in detail include but are not limited to the following:
daguerreotype, albumen, collodion and gelatin printing-out processes (POP),
matte collodion, gelatin silver, photogravure, offset litho, letterpress
halftone, collotype, chromogenic color, inkjet, and dye sublimation. Group
ID sessions, using a digital microscope and screen projection, will allow
participants to practice their identification skills in a guided setting.
 
 The registration fee for this 4-day workshop is $595 and includes a
handheld microscope, and a workshop notebook with lecture handouts, Quick ID
Sheets for each process, and a selection of readings on photograph
preservation. The Basic Photographic Sample Set, consisting of 18 identified
photographic and photomechanical processes, is available with registration
for $75.
 
 Due to the hands-on nature of this workshop, the number of participants
will be limited to 12.
 
 OTHER WORKSHOP DATES AND LOCATIONS: http://gawainweaver.com/workshops/
 
HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHIC SAMPLE SETS: http://gawainweaver.com/store/
 
 The Academy of Certified Archivists (ACA), a certifying organization of
professional archivists, will award 15 Archival Recertification Credits
(ARCs) to eligible Certified Archivists (CAs) attending this workshop.
 
WHAT PREVIOUS STUDENTS HAVE SAID ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP: Can't thank you
enough, Gawain! Your knowledge, and the presentation of it, far exceeded
expectations.
 
--Jean Marie Smart, Visual Resources Curator, University of Arizona
 
Thank you for a jam packed & fascinating, not to mention useful, workshop!
 
--Mary Anne Redding, Curator of Photography, New Mexico History Museum
 
 
 
Gawain Weaver
 
Photograph Conservator
 
San Rafael, CA
 
tel 415.446.9138
 
http://gawainweaver.com/