From 27 to 29 June 2018 SMP Studio will host a workshop on the daguerreotype held by the great Canadian specialist Mike Robinson. Three full days will be dedicated to learning this wonderful technique dating back to the dawn of photography, using the … Continued
This two-day masterclass course on the Identification and Care of Photographic Negatives will be held by Monique Fischer at the Photographic Archive of the American Academy in Rome (AAR). It offers an in-depth introduction to the preservation of negatives, focusing … Continued
This two-day masterclass course on the identification and care of hand-colored photographs is focused on the main historic photographic processes involving coloring, starting with the earliest experiments with daguerreotypes. Janka Krizanova will present the fascinating history of hand-coloring in photography … Continued
As he writes in his website, Giorgio Bordin “is a physician, who loves to practice his profession. A drawer for all his life, a watercolor painter and an engraver over the years, he has become also a photographer, discovering in old photographic techniques the same beauty he … Continued
Every day we examine numerous images, some of them impress us more than others because of their visual content or their physical characteristics. Here are some of the hidden treasures we have found. When alterations become art…
Last November 2013, photographic conservator Luis Pavão and his team (LUPA, Lisbon) had the opportunity to work in the Mafra National Library where they found some very interesting 19th century photographic manuals as part of the Possidónio Joaquim da Silva (1806 -1896) estate. Among … Continued
Issues in the Conservation of Photographs edited by Debra Hess Norris e Jennifer Jae Gutierrez This book is the second volume in the series on Readings in Conservation, published in 2010 by the Getty Conservation Institute of Los Angeles. ISBN-10: 1606060007 … Continued
From November 14th untill the 17th we were in Paris! SMP was wandering inside the glass pavilion of the Grand Palais of Paris, among booths and exhibitions and attending auctions and round tables organized for the 17th edition of Paris Photo, the … Continued
The Papal Collection of Photographs in the Vatican Library by Sandra S. Phillips Published in the Vatican Library series Documenti e riproduzioni, authored by SFMOMA’s Senior Curator of Photography, Sandra S. Phillips, the book presents the first extraordinary collection of papal … Continued
