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Photograph Conservation
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Hand with blue gloves carefully placing image in order
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Tintypes from the William L. Schaeffer Collection
April 11
Detail of a clock face with gold-colored accents, roman numeral numbers, and a counter for the date.
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Immaterial: Time
Keeping digital art alive.
September 10, 2024
Two people looking at photographs on a table
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"Irving Penn: Centennial"—Curatorial Selection Process
Jeff Rosenheim, curator in charge of the Department of Photographs at The Met, and Maria Morris Hambourg, independent curator and former curator in charge of the Department of Photographs at The Met, were filmed at The Irving Penn Foundation making their selections for the Irving Penn: Centennial exhibition.
May 19, 2022
Artist William Wegman holds an ice skate.
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Contemporary Artist William Wegman on His Video Art from 1970–99 | MetCollects
"What can an audience tell the performer?" William Wegman on his video work from 1970–1999
William Wegman
March 22, 2022
A woman discusses a case study using a presentation
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Developing a Time-Based Media Strategy at The Met
In this lecture, a project team formed by the Time-Based Media Working Group reported their initial findings into an assessment of The Met's time-based media holdings and the Museum's collections management practices, in an effort to design a conservation program for its collection.
February 4, 2021
A sign on a pink wall reads Photography's last century. Below a nine framed heashots of the same person making different faces.
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Exhibition Tour—Photography's Last Century: The Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Collection
Take a tour through the exhibition Photography’s Last Century: The Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Collection with Jeff Rosenheim, Joyce Frank Menschel Curator in Charge of the Department of Photographs at The Met.
March 22, 2020
A man wearing blue pants, white shirt, striped tie and pink suspenders prepares a daguerreotype camera to take a photo.
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Girault de Prangey's Multiple Exposure Daguerreotypes
After three years traveling throughout the Eastern Mediterranean, Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey returned to France with more than one thousand daguerreotype—unique photographic images on silvered copper plates.
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
May 12, 2019
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Rediscovered Images Provide New Insights in Arms and Armor
Thirteen albums rediscovered in The Met collection contain rare images of arms and armor, but first they had to be restored.
Georgia Southworth
November 26, 2018
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Introducing The Met's Time-Based Media Working Group
Sherman Fairchild Foundation Fellow Alexandra Nichols explains why time-based art demands special attention.
Alexandra Nichols
September 11, 2018
A man discussess a photograph by William Eggleston.
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Sunday at The Met—William Eggleston: Los Alamos
Hear from creative voices on the legacy of pioneering photographer William Eggleston, and learn about his achievement in the field of color photography.
William Eggleston
May 28, 2018