Workshop on photographic process identification

Photographic Process Identification Workshop 2015
Rochester
June 15-19, 2015

Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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The Image Permanence Institute is hosting a five-day workshop on
Photographic Process Identification at its facilities at the
Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY.  The dates for
the workshop are June 15-19, 2015.

IPI provides a holistic approach to image-based print process
identification by examining the intertwined relationships between
print technologies, aesthetics, and use.  Photographic,
photomechanical, and digital prints are made of a wide variety of
materials including plastics, papers, glass, metals, pigments, dyes,
and organic substances like gelatin, albumen and polymers.  The
appearance of a print is directly tied to its physical properties
and the materials from which it is made.  Also, it's important to
place the use of materials and technologies in a cultural and
historical context to further gather identification clues.  This
workshop will teach participants to identify every mainstream
image-based print process, from the daguerreotype to the inkjet
print, via the study of their component materials, structures,
aesthetics, and historical and cultural uses.

The workshop topics include:

    History of photographic technologies and materials

    Cultural and aesthetic history of image-based printing processes

    Examination tools and lighting techniques for print
    identification

    Identification methodologies

    The relationship between component print materials, layer
    structure, image, and aesthetics

    Key identification traits of photographic, photomechanical, and
    digital print processes

    The stability and preservation of photographs and digital prints

Tuition for the workshop is $150.  Participants are responsible for
all travel, room, and board expenses.  Since attendance is limited
to 15 participants, we are asking that applications be submitted for
consideration.  Attendees will be selected based on order of receipt
as well as the need for a diversity of institution types,
institutional roles, and geographic representation.  Early
application is highly recommended.

Applications and supporting documents must be received by March 1,
2015.  Notification of decisions will be made by March 15, 2015.  If
selected, payment for tuition must be made by April 30, 2015.
Contact Alice Carver-Kubik <ackpph<-at->rit<.>edu> if you have any
questions.

For more information and to apply, go to:

    <URL:https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/imaging-information-media/ipi-process-id-workshop-2015>

Alice Carver-Kubik
Photographic Research Scientist
Image Permanence Institute
Rochester Institute of Technology
GAN-2000
70 Lomb Memorial Dr
Rochester NY 14623-5604
585-475-6047


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