Re: new alt process--gelatin silver

Susan,
This is good to know.
The panel was on digital issues, and Ferdinand (Art in America person) asked
a whole list of questions that were really good. I thought they'd be a
great list to design a course around. I might search him out and ask for a
copy. Anyway, they talked about the huge issue of digital files, the lack
of permanence of CD's (2-3 years) and the need to "migrate" all CD's
continually to upgrade content to newer and newer software and hardware. I
have a stat about Corbis from Photo District News mag that says it costs
about $20 per image to archive and for Corbis to archive the Bettman Archive
it would cost in excess of $250 million! And then to keep migrating that
collection? Wow.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Huber" <shuber@ssisland.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: new alt process--gelatin silver

> Hi Christina, The good sources say
> National Gallery in Ottawa, Ont. (Canada) has gone away from CD-ROM for
> documenting their images towards going the film route- you know- THE WET
> Route. As they feel the CDs' are not resistant to viruses.
> So there, don' worry- the wet route will not disappear. It is up to most
> of
> us to keep the rote going.
> Sincerely,
> Susan
> www.susanhuber.com
Received on Fri Apr 8 08:15:34 2005