Category Archives: Disaster Recovery

Digital Restoration of Painted Photographs

Posted on June 19, 2014 by albumenworks

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 →

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Stripping & Recovering 35mm Acetate Roll Film

Posted on June 16, 2014 by albumenworks

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 →

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Disaster Recovery: The Benefits of an Interdisciplinary Studio

Posted on May 17, 2013 by albumenworks

Over the last several months, we have been working to recover and preserve a collection of photographs and related material damaged in hurricane Sandy in October of 2012.  The material was promptly frozen after the storm and transferred with the … Continue reading →

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