Site for 2009 PMG Winter Meeting: At the business meeting in Rochester three proposals for sites of the 2009 PMG Winter Meeting were presented. By vote, the membership selected the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona in Tucson as the 2009 venue. The PMG sincerely appreciates all the proposals and hopes those not selected this time will be presented again.

Coatings on Photographs: The book Coatings on Photographs is selling very well. This is due in large part to strong marketing by the PMG Publications Coordinator Brenda Bernier and the book’s editor Connie McCabe. All indications are that we are very close to completely recovering the PMG funds that were invested in the project. With forty-two authors and countless other contributors, “Coatings on Photographs” is a major achievement for the PMG under the tireless guidance of Connie McCabe. Its contents are of interest not only to Photographs conservators, but also to those in other disciplines, particularly paintings and objects. The generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation has helped make this volume possible.

Donation of Topics in Photographic Preservation: Following the motion passed by the PMG membership, 42 sets of Topics were donated to institutions in need of them around the world. PMG members Sylvie Penichon and Brenda Bernier spearheaded this effort. These donations were made in part to aid the AIC office in reducing its publications overstock.

PMG Research Project Funding: The PMG awarded $1000 to Clara von Waldthausen to support her technical research on early glass plate albumen negatives. Clara presented some of the results of her study at the Rochester meeting in the presentation “The Great Exhibition of 1851: An Introduction to a Research Project and Preliminary Findings.” The PMG has an ongoing program to fund research, publications, or workshops, providing up to $2000 per year, with a limit of $1000 to any one individual or project.

“Refresh and Recharge” Workshop: In partnership with the National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Conservation Center, the workshop “Basic Treatment of Black-and-white Silver Gelatin Photographs,” was held February 12-15, 2007 at the National Conservation Training Center in Sheperdstown, WV. Led by Photographs Conservators Barbara Lemmen and Gary E. Albright, the workshop taught basic photographic treatments to fourteen mid-career conservators. The workshop was supported in part by the FAIC Endowment and made possible through the efforts of AIC Professional Development Director Eric Pourchot and Theresa Voellinger of the National Park Service.

The Photographic Print Sample Set: The PMG will be selling sample sets of historic photographic process samples that have been printed by Doug Munson of the Chicago Albumen Works. Thirty sets, each consisting of five different print processes made from the same negative, have been produced. The sets will sell to the general public for $250 each or $200 for PMG members. This project was made possible through the efforts of Connie McCabe and funding by the PMG.

 

 

 

The AIC Photographic Materials Group is pleased to offer advance sales of an important teaching tool:The Photographic Print Process Set.

The set consists of five prints from the same 5 x 7-inch negative – one print each in five different processes:
Salted Paper Print
Albumen Print
Cyanotype
Gelatin Printed-out Print (glossy)
Gelatin Developed-out Print (matte)

Until now, it has been difficult to find photographic prints made from the same negative but in different processes that allow one to compare – “apples-to-apples” – the similarities and differences of various processes. These prints provide the opportunity to examine the general features and compare detailed characteristics of different processes: the single-layer structures of the cyanotype and salted paper print; the two layers of the albumen print; and the three layers found in the glossy and matte gelatin prints. Using magnification, the same details in each type of print may be compared, clearly revealing the tell-tale traits of the various print layer structures.

The Chicago Albumen Works will produce the prints using their extraordinarily high-resolution duplicate negatives – each adjusted to match the contrast requirements of the five processes. In the future, the PMG hopes to produce additional sets in different processes, using the same negative, which was provided courtesy of the Photograph Conservation Study Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

ORDER NOW!!! The Photographic Print Sample Set is offered to everyone at the discounted PMG member rate of $200 US per set for orders placed by August 1, 2007 (list price $250 US).


The Sample Set will be shipped in September of 2007.

Click on the following link to obtain a downloadable pdf order form for the Photographic Print Process Set.

The Photographic Materials Group Matching Gift Program form to the FAIC Endowment for Professional Devlopment is a now available for download:



The Image Permanence Institute has released, A Consumer Guide to Traditional and Digital Print Stability. Click on the image below to download a pdf version of the publication, or visit: www.rit.edu/ipi for more information.
 
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