Workshop on care and identification of photographs--addendum

Workshop

Care and Identification of Photographs
(from daguerreotypes to digital)
San Francisco
June 24-25, 2015

This workshop is hosted by the Society of California
Pioneers in the Presidio of San Francisco

For further details and online registration:

    <URL:http://gawainweaver.com/workshop/care-id-photos-2-day-2015-SF/>
    <URL:http://gawainweaver.com/workshops/>

This is a new 2-day version of our Care and ID of Photographs
workshop.  It covers the fundamentals of identifying print processes
and caring for photographs with a focus on the photographic print,
photographic negative, and photomechanical processes mostly commonly
found in libraries and archives.  It is intended for collections and
preservation staff tasked with cataloging, preserving, and curating
photographic collections.  It will provide a wealth of information
about photographs and their preservation.  If you work with a fine
art photography collection or are looking to develop connoisseurship
in photography you might consider our 4-day workshop.

What are the defining characteristics of individual photographic
processes?  How does environment affect the lives of photographic
objects?  In this 2-day workshop, you will develop identification
skills and knowledge about the historic and contemporary
photographic and photomechanical processes most commonly found in
collections today, from the daguerreotype to inkjet prints.

Using handheld 60x microscopes and a large set of photographic and
photomechanical samples, you will learn how a variety of processes
were created, why they look the way they do, and how they
deteriorate.  Group ID sessions, using a digital microscope and
screen projection, will allow participants to practice their
identification skills in a guided setting.  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.

Over 25 different processes are studied in great detail, from how
daguerreotypes are made and how they are best preserved, to how
long-lasting inkjet prints are created, and how to preserve and
store color photographic materials and cellulose nitrate and
cellulose acetate-based photographic film.

Registration Includes:

    2-day workshop
    200-page color notebook
    60x LED handheld microscope
    Optional: Basic Photographic Sample Set

The registration fee for this 2-day workshop is $395 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.

The Academy of Certified Archivists (ACA), a certifying organization
of professional archivists, will award 7 Archival Recertification
Credits (ARCs) to eligible Certified Archivists (CAs) attending this
workshop.

The American Society of Appraisers, the International Society of
Appraisers, and the Appraisers Association of America will award 12
reaccreditation hours/professional development/continuing education
credits for qualified appraisers attending this workshop.

For more information, please contact the instructor:

    Gawain Weaver
    Photograph Conservator
    415-446-9138
    info<-at->gawainweaver<.>com

See

    <URL:http://gawainweaver.com>

Free Process ID Charts:

    <URL:http://gawainweaver.com/processID>

Upcoming 2015 workshops:

    Washington, DC
    September 15-18, 2015

    Berkeley CA
    November 2-6, 2015
    CalRBS)



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