Category Archives: Archival Film Output

Negative Deterioration Part Two: Cellulose Acetate Negative Conservation

Posted on July 17, 2013 by albumenworks

Vinegar syndrome, or the process of  cellulose acetate deterioration, is an unavoidable issue for any collection of acetate negatives, either presently or in future decades.  Before deterioration occurs or early in the deterioration process, preventative measures can be taken to … Continue reading →

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Negative Deterioration Part One: Digitization and Preservation of Cellulose Nitrate and Cellulose Acetate Negatives

Posted on July 10, 2013 by albumenworks

Before polyester film became readily available in the 1950’s, all flexible film negatives were made on some form of cellulose nitrate or cellulose acetate support.  Both of these film bases have deterioration issues, and in the case of nitrate negatives, … Continue reading →

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Edwin Hale Lincoln Exhibition

Posted on May 20, 2013 by albumenworks

We have been delighted to be involved in the digitization and printing of images made by Berkshire photographer Edwin Hale Lincoln, to be exhibited at the Berkshire Historical Society at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead.  Lincoln moved to the Berkshires in 1893 … Continue reading →

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Helen Levitt in Color

Posted on May 16, 2013 by albumenworks

In addition to working with traditional and digital methods of negative production, CAW also has the capability to create digital film transparencies. One such project was the restoration and re-creation of the slide show Helen Levitt in Color, originally exhibited September … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Platinum Portraits

Posted on May 1, 2013 by albumenworks

Here at the Albumen Works we recently had the opportunity to produce a set of platinum prints for Richard Cartwright, a professional on-set photographer working in the motion picture industry in Hollywood. Using a Leica M monochrome digital camera to … Continue reading →

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Gottscho Acetate Negative Recovery

Posted on March 30, 2011 by albumenworks

Approximately 800 negatives made by the architectural photographer Samuel H. Gottscho, in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York, are in the process of being conserved, rehoused, and digitized by Chicago Albumen Works.  As with other … Continue reading →

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