RE: preservation of negatives/slides/prints
Diana,
The biggest factor is humidity. Archival materials should be kept
relative humidities of 40% or lower. For photographic materials, the next is
light. Keep materials in the dark. Never examine or display under UV
producing lights like flourescent or metal halide bulbs. Use low wattage
incandescent. Heat can also be a factor if its too hot. Make sure all
storage materials are true archival materials. Finally keep materials away
from chemical fumes, paint fumes, etc.
Bob Schramm
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http://www.SchrammStudio.com
From: Diana Bloomfield <dhbloomfield@bellsouth.net>
Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
Subject: preservation of negatives/slides/prints
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:10:13 -0400
Hi all,
A photographer friend of mine died recently, and her husband contacted me
about her prints, negatives, and slides. He wants to be able to
archivally preserve those for her kids and asked me about the best way to
go about doing that. My immediate answer is to simply place everything in
the appropriate archival storage sleeves, place in an archival storage
box, and keep away from light and heat. Am I missing something? Does
anybody have other advice? I'm assuming the prints would be the most
vulnerable to fading and damage, but is it worth scanning everything to
digital format? I realize we might not be using CDs in 10 years time, or
less, but I assume whatever we are using could be copied again. Anyway .
. . if anybody has any better suggestions, let me know.
Thanks!
Diana
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