Course on photographic conservation

Identification and Preservation of Photograph collections
Teacher: Clara Waldthausen

Target group: Technicians and assistants working in close contact
with photograph collections.

Price : 450 Euros
Number of participants: 10
16-18 December 2004. Length of time: 3 days
Language: English and Spanish.
Enrollment by e-mail or mail.

Program

    16 December 2004

    9:00    Welcome address and introduction
    10:00   History of photography: theory
    11:00   Handling photographic material
    11:15   Coffee break
    11:35   Introduction to photographic processes (negatives):
        theory and practical
    12:45   Lunch
    13:30   Introduction to photographic processes (positives):
            theory and practical
    15:00   Coffee break
    15:20   Introduction to photographic processes continued
    17:30   day end

    17 December 2004

    9:00    Coffee
    9:15    Discussion and questions
    10:00   Deterioration of photographs: theory
    11:00   Coffee
    11:20   Deterioration of photographs: practical
    12:30   Lunch
    13:15   Preventive conservation: theory
    14:30   Cold storage and microclimates: theory and practical
    15:15   Coffee
    15:35   Storage enclosures and housing techniques:
            practical
    17:30 day end

    18 December 2004

    9:00    Coffee
    9:15    Discussion and questions
    10:00   Exhibition and photographs
    11:15   Duplication and digitalisation
    12:30   Lunch
    13:15   Case study


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