Workshop - Advanced Print Identification and Characterization for Photographic Collections, hosted by the Image Permanence Institute
Photographic print identification is challenging as several print types are difficult to distinguish from one another. This workshop will focus on identification of perennially difficult to identify processes, including matte albumen, matte collodion, early and toned silver gelatin, platinum, and photogravure. Additional viewing will include gum bichromate, bromoil, bromoil transfer, and combination processes, such as gum over platinum. Workshop participants will strengthen and develop new identification skills through workshop demonstrations and hands-on examination exercises using the Image Permanence Institute's study collection. In coordination with the George Eastman Museum, participants will also learn how analytical techniques such as microscopy and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy can aid in print identification. Two days of the workshop will be held at the Image Permanence Institute (IPI) utilizing IPI's research collection and the third day will take place at the George Eastman Museum viewing and analyzing objects from the museum's photography collection with conservation professionals.
The workshop will be limited to a maximum of 12 attendees. Registration per individual is $650 and participants are responsible for their own travel, meals, and lodging costs. Registration ends September 20, 2022.
Audience
Collection professionals who possess fundamental print identification skills and are looking for an opportunity for concentrated looking and learning about difficult to identify processes, including matte albumen, matte collodion, early and toned silver gelatin, platinum, photogravure, gum bichromate, bromoil, bromoil transfer, and combination processes, such as gum over platinum.
Learn more and register at: https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/events/2022_10_18_advanced_id_workshop.html
About IPI
The Image Permanence Institute (IPI) is a preservation research center in the College of Art and Design at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. IPI achieves its mission to support and inform the preservation of cultural heritage collections through applied research, the development of practical preservation resources and tools, professional-level education and training programs, and consulting and materials testing services. As a non-profit research center, IPI depends on private and public philanthropy to fund its research program. Institutions that use IPI preservation products and consulting and testing services further support IPI's mission.
Learn more about IPI at: https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/