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Leonard Metcalf
5-Apr-2004, 07:08
Have been looking for the archival longevity of various traditional printing process and I can't seem to find any. eg. Selenium toned fibre based prints, platnum / pladium, bromoils, photogravure, etc. I read many of the chapters of 'care of colour photographs', (but not all), and couldn't find the reference.
Can anyone point me in the right direction here?
Rob Tucher
5-Apr-2004, 08:06
Historic American Buildings Survey and Historic American Engineering Record, administered by the Park Service, deal with this issue. They don't have a huge amount of information but it's a starting point and can also link you to other places. There are on-line web sites that they have and are connected to. They're also linked to the Library of Congress, which accepts photographs properly prepared for the HABS/HAER program, and they might have info. There's also a book on the production, care, and use of archival photographs but the name and author escape me. I'll look it up tonight when I'm home.
hi lenonard
you might also look here:
http://www.nedcc.org/
- the northeast document conservation center. THEY deal with archives, libraries, galleries and museums specifically about the issues you brought up :)
good luck!
-john
Eric Woodbury
5-Apr-2004, 09:45
Some information in this book
The Photographer's Toning Book: The Definitive Guide by Tim Rudman
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