Determine Your Photo Archiving Strategy
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The document discusses the importance of determining a photo archiving strategy, questioning whether to scan and preserve photographs. It emphasizes the need to consider the audience for the archived photos, including family and future generations, and addresses logistical aspects such as management and security. A workshop is proposed to enhance awareness of photography archiving and guide effective decision-making.
Determine Your Photo Archiving Strategy
- 2. @2017 .IMG-I As a specialist in the field of traditional photography, I am often asked: 'HOW SHOULD I SCAN MY PHOTOGRAPHS?’ While I think the right question is: ‘SHOULD I SCAN MY PHOTOGRAPHS?'
- 3. Are we sure we want to save images? @2017 .IMG-I
- 4. Who is this woman? @2017 .IMG-I
- 5. • Does anyone know her? • Does anyone care about her? • Should we make the effort to preserve her image? • Shall we digitize her photo? • What is the ideal way to digitize it? • Should we throw away the original? @2017 .IMG-I
- 6. Who do we archive our photos for? @2017 .IMG-I
- 7. For our wider family? For future generations? For ourselves? For the public? @2017 .IMG-I For our family?
- 8. • Do they care about these photos? • Will they share the photos with others? • Will they keep the photos safe? • Do they know how to secure the photos? • Will they manage the photos for years? • Will they pass the photos on to the next generation? • Will they keep the photos private? @2017 .IMG-I
- 9. ARCHIVING is a PROJECT and this is why it should be MANAGED and be STRATEGICLY determined @2017 .IMG-I
- 11. • Do we want to save all images? • Do we have time to archive? • Who's going to run it? • Who can manage the archive? • When are we going to archive? • How much time do we need for this? @2017 .IMG-I
- 12. Analogue Photography Digital Photography In this workshop we will include: @2017 .IMG-I
- 13. Antique photographs Silver Gelatin prints Films Albums We are going to discuss the following analogue material: @2017 .IMG-I
- 14. We will cover the following topics: Inventory Stakeholders Archiving options Archive material Digitize Technology Storage space security Administration Planning Managing Durability @2017 .IMG-I
- 15. The workshop DETERMINE YOUR PHOTO ARCHIVING STRATEGY raises your awareness for broad photography archiving aspects. It enables you to make efficient choices before archiving your photographic materials. @2017 .IMG-I www.IMG-I.com