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Photograph Conservation Research

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Resource
Department Bibliography

Browse an abridged bibliography of our staff's published scholarship.

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Lecture
Every Disc, Every Bit of Data: Conservation of Jennifer and Kevin McCoy's Every Shot, Every Episode

Jonathan Farbowitz and Sasha Arden present on the multi-year, interdepartmental endeavor to conserve Jennifer and Kevin McCoy's Every Shot, Every Episode, 2001—a custom digital video playback installation with 277 video compact discs—returning it to exhibition readiness for the first time in more than a decade.

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Collaboration
The Middle East Photograph Preservation Initiative

MEPPI is a broad initiative to promote the preservation of photograph collections in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula through the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Collaboration
Indian Conservation Fellowships

Photograph Conservation participates in the Indian Conservation Fellowship Program, welcoming and providing advanced training for Indian conservators in cultural heritage preservation.

Essays

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How a Book Moves: Photograph Album Structures in the Department of Photographs
Explore photo album structures documented in a comprehensive conservation survey of over a thousand albums and illustrated books from the Department of Photographs.
September 2, 2022
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Collaborations: The Middle East Photograph Preservation Initiative and the Indian Conservation Fellowship Program
August 26, 2022
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Resources: Preventive Care and Handling of Photographs, Bound Volumes, and Time-Based Media
February 12, 2021