[alt-photo] Re: ARCHIVALITY

[Robert Newcomb]

I believe you are very correct Judy.

I have to tell myself most days, "if it's not fun while you're doing  
it then don't do it cause nobody's going to care after I'm gone.   
Hell, they hardly care now..."
Sometimes,  however I'm a little more upbeat later after coffee in the  
morning.

Robert


On Feb 22, 2010, at 2:27 PM, Judy Seigel wrote:

>
> Think of it this way:  We've been using these methods, with  
> comparisons and fine points and experts and advisories and tests and  
> finer and finer refinements for -- what, 50 years?  100 years?  and  
> to date have there been any stories of woe?  Not that I recall from  
> folks doing them kosher, with known papers & safe storage, etc. etc.  
> etc.
>
> But outbreaks of anxiety (and this is admittedly personal opinion)  
> continue from time to time, seeming (to me) to worry: will this work  
> of art last til the end of time, after I'm gone, unto the next  
> millenium and beyond ?
>
> Here, guys, is the answer (& send me a letter from heaven if I'm  
> wrong): If you're nobody, or even not SOMEBODY, when you die your  
> heirs, if they don't have a private archive or other connection, and  
> you haven't made provisions in your lifetime, or have some special  
> material in your work, as for instance a complete record of flying  
> saucers, steam engines, Marilyn Monroe, or 2-headed calfs, will  
> sweep the contents of your studio into a cardboard box and leave  
> them on the sidewalk (as indeed occasional reports tell of great  
> finds from that location).
>
> If you are SOMEBODY, odds are some archive or collection, foundation  
> or other preserve will gladly take your relics -- and THEY will,  
> guaranteed. have EXPERTS on hand who will know (especially by then)  
> far more about archiving, preservation, restoration and related  
> topics than we do and will not only know heaps more about fixing and  
> saving than we do, but will even have special worms to fill up old  
> wormholes -- and MORE, MUCH MORE! (Not to mention that a slight look  
> of aging may add a delicious patina.) So relax.
>
> Judy
> _______________________________________________
> Alt-photo-process-list | http://altphotolist.org/listinfo