Uniques and Multiples—a Delegates View Can you imagine explaining a bespoke frame for three of Daguerre’s photographs at an international customs check point? Have there been any new revelations into the problematic preservation of chromogenic photographs? And is ‘Uniques’ actually a word? These issues and more were discussed with over 220 delegates from 36 countries
Earlier this year I spent two long, hot, beautiful, informative weeks in Prague, attending this course, the third in a series of professional development workshops. The Getty Conservation Institute Workshop was attended by 17 enthusiastic mid-career professionals from across Europe (including Poland, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Italy), as well as the USA, Argentina
Earlier this year, I completed a seven-week Certificate in the Conservation of Photographic Material from the Centre for Photographic Conservation, London, UK. Run by photograph conservators, Ian Moor and Angela Moor, they have pioneered the field for more than 40 years. Their vast experience includes working with photograph collections at the British Library, National Gallery,
