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Author Archives: albumenworks
The Faith & Vision of Virginia Dwan
Recently, we had the privilege of working with the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC for the realization of “Los Angeles to New York: Dwan Gallery, 1959-1971”. This important exhibit highlights the vision of maverick art patron, collector and … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Imaging, Fine Art Reproduction, Uncategorized
Tagged earth works, land art
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Preserving a Heritage of Courage
“There can be no higher hope than that this heritage of courage, daring, initiative and enterprise will be conserved and intensified.” Franklin D. Roosevelt These words, in a letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, were broadcast around the world on … Continue reading
Remember the Maine
Every image we work with is compelling in its own way but recently we received a box of 30 nitrate negatives for preservation that had appreciable historical significance. So badly curled, brittle, and stuck together were the almost 120-year-old negatives … Continue reading
CAW Digitization of Norman Rockwell Photos
The Chicago Albumen Works has worked with the Norman Rockwell Museum on a variety of digitization projects including the documentation of Rockwell’s magazine cover illustrations and his advertising work. Our most recent project with the museum was the digitization of over 20,000 photographs as part of the … Continue reading
Before and After: 35mm Acetate Film Stripping
As we have posted previously, we have had some success treating deteriorating 35mm negatives by stripping the gelatin image layer from its acetate base. These are scans of the stripping project and experiments that we have been carrying out over the … Continue reading
Posted in 35mm Duplication, Acetate Deterioration, Acetate Film Conservation, Acetate Film Restoration, Archival Digitization, Digital Restoration, Negative Scanning
Tagged Acetate Negatives, acetate stripping, Conservation of acetate negatives, Conservation of cellulose acetate photographic negatives, emulsion stripping acetate film, emulsion stripping acetate negatives, Negative Deterioration, Preservation of acetate negatives, Preservation of cellulose acetate photographic negatives, Restoration of acetate negatives, Restoration of cellulose acetate photographic negatives, Vinegar Syndrome
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Digitizing a Lincoln Ambrotype
In a recent collaboration with The Better Image, CAW created an in-depth, hi-resolution digital record of the ambrotype, Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, May 7, 1858, by Abraham Byers for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The portrait, taken by eighteen-year-old Byers, was … Continue reading
Posted in Archival Digitization, Collection Services, Digital Imaging, Fine Art Reproduction
Tagged 19th century photographs, Abraham Byers, Abraham Lincoln Ambrotype, Abraham Lincoln Portrait, Ambrotype Conservation, Ambrotype Digitization, Archival Digitization, Digitizing cased images, photographing cased images
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Digital Restoration of Painted Photographs
Before color film became widely available in the 1950’s, hand coloring photographs with various pigments was a popular way to artistically enhance or add realism to monochrome photographs. In the case of portraits, over painting could almost completely obscure the … Continue reading
Stripping & Recovering 35mm Acetate Roll Film
Over the past few weeks we have been working on an exploratory project that involves the stripping of the image pellicle from strips of deteriorating 35mm acetate roll film from the 1950s. Our previous experience with stripping microfilm led us to the … Continue reading
Posted in Acetate Deterioration, Acetate Film Conservation, Acetate Film Restoration, Collection Services, Disaster Recovery, Uncategorized
Tagged acetate, Acetate Negatives, acetate stripping, Conservation of acetate negatives, Conservation of cellulose acetate photographic negatives, emulsion stripping acetate film, emulsion stripping acetate negatives, image pellicule, image layer, Negative Deterioration, Preservation of acetate negatives, Preservation of cellulose acetate photographic negatives, Recovery of acetate negatives, Restoration of acetate negatives, Restoration of cellulose acetate photographic negatives, Vinegar Syndrome
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Digitizing Glass Plates for New York City Municipal Archives
Over time the history of an institution is often captured through photographs of the people and events that helped shape it over the years. Digital technologies have made it easier to share these images and the stories they tell, … Continue reading
Posted in Archival Digitization, Collection Services, Digital Imaging, Negative Scanning
Tagged Archival Digitization, Chiicago Albumen Works, glass plate digitization, glass plate negatives, Manhattan Bridge, Negative Scanning, New York City, New York City Archives, New York City bridges, preservation of glass plate negatives, scanning glass plate negatives
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Digitization for Private Collections
A recent Barron’s blog post featured quotes from Chicago Albumen Works’ Director Doug Munson. “Families that have approached us for digitization had private collections that have been passed down from the 19th and 20th century, and now there are three … Continue reading
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