Coatings on Photographs Materials, Techniques, and Conservation

About this book

Coatings on Photographs: Materials, Techniques, and Conservation is published and distributed by the Photographic Materials Group of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. The book includes sections on Conservation and Analysis, Materials and Practice, and Case Studies. Fourty-four authors collaborated on this in-depth 25-chapter volume.

Contents

Conservation and Analysis
- The Conservation Treatment of Original Coatings on Photographs: Issues and Current Practice / Debra Hess Norris and Nora W. Kennedy
- Chemistry and Analysis of Coating Materials / Christopher McGlinchey, Ph.D., Christopher Maines, Ph.D, and Mads Chr. Christensen

Materials and Practice
- The History and Conservation of Coated Daguerreotypes / Adrienne Lundgren
- Coatings on Paper Negatives / Lee Ann Daffner
- Coatings on Salted Paper, Albumen, and Platinum Prints / Clara von Waldthausen
- Rolling and Burnishing of Nineteenth-century Photographic Prints / Mark Osterman
- Coatings on Black-and-white Glass Plates and Films / Karen Brynjolf Pedersen, Ulla Bøgvad Kejser, Jesper Stub Johnsen, Ph.D., and Mads Chr. Christensen
- Coatings on Autochrome Plates / Bertrand Lavédrine, Ph.D., Clara von Waldthausen, and Lyzanne Gann
- Coatings on Gelatin Silver Prints: A Historical Overview / Julie Lattin DesChamps
- An Overview of Coatings on Hand-colored Black-and-white Photographs / Monique C. Fischer and Sarah S. Wagner
- Coatings on Kodachrome and Ektachrome Films / Claire Buzit-Tragni, Corinne Dune,Lene Grinde, and Phillipa Morrison
- Coatings on Polaroid Prints / Teresa Mesquit and Barbara Lemmen
- Commercial Coatings for Photographs in North America, 1950 to the Present / Gawain Weaver
- Plastic Lamination and Face Mounting of Contemporary Photographs / Sylvie Pénichon and Martin Jürgens

Case Studies
- Historical Zapon Lacquer Coatings on the Daguerreotypes in the Albertina Photograph Collection / Andreas Gruber and Taiyoung Ha
- The Treatment of Wax-impregnated Paper Negatives / Katherine Jennings, Jiuan-jiuan Chen, and Gary E. Albright
- Identification of the Colorant on Three Paper Negatives by Dr. John Murray / Marie-France Lemay
- Vernis Cuir and the Photographs of Adrien Tournachon / Julie Lattin DesChamps
- Coatings on the Photographic Prints of Gustave Le Gray / Marc Harnly, Martín Salazar, and Dusan Stulik
- Coatings on Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz / Constance McCabe
- Photography in Natural Colors: Steichen and the Autochrome Process / Tania Passafiume
- The Holy Shroud of Turin Transparency / Silvia Berselli and Isabella Genovese
- The Use of Wax to Reduce the Silver Mirroring on a Photograph by Lewis Hine / Toshiaki Koseki
- Coatings on Photographs by Ansel Adams / Jiuan-jiuan Chen and Gary E. Albright
- The Artist’s Perspective on Coating Photographs / Cyntia Karnes and Katherine Jennings

Glossary / Gregory J. Hill
Topical Bibliography / Sara Shpargel

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