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Photographs of the Past: Process and Preservation

Photographs of the Past: Process and Preservation

$50.00 at The Getty Museum.

Bertrand Lavédrine With the collaboration of Jean-Paul Gandolfo, Sibylle Monod, and John P. McElhone Preface by Michel Frizot In recent years, interest in old photographs has grown significantly among a broad public, from collectors, conservators, and archivists to amateurs seeking to preserve precious family albums. Although the medium of photography is barely 150 years old, its relatively brief history has witnessed the birth of a wide range of photographic processes, each of which poses unique conservation…