Photograph Conservation Bulletins
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March 2024, No. 33 (PDF)
In this Issue: The Fold Endurance of Adhesives; An Acquisition Process "adjusted to fit"; Photographic Paper Sample Books
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December 2023, No. 32 (PDF)
In this Issue: Imaging for Daguerreotypes; A Farewell to Georgia Southworth; Updates on Digital Storage; Preserving Photo Albums in Beirut; ICOM-CC Triennial Conference; Workshop: NYC Salt
September 2023, No. 31 (PDF)
In this Issue: Celebrating Colleagues; Ways of Giving: Bank of America; Next Chapter: Kayla Henry-Griffin; A Study Collection Highlight
June 2023, No. 30 (PDF)
In this Issue: James Van Der Zee Archive News; Welcoming Felice Robles; State-of-the-Art Climate Monitoring; Study Collection Lantern Slides; A "Snapshot" of Staehle’s Eastpoint
March, 2023, No. 29 (PDF)
In this Issue: Berenice Abbott's New York Album; Welcoming Natasha Kung; Early Photography in India; Conservation Conclave, Mumbai; Presenting Maha Maamoun
December 2022, No. 28 (PDF)
In this Issue: Preparing Avedon MURALS, Indian Conservation Fellowship, Fine-Tuning the TBM Lab, and A Conservator's Discovery
September 2022, No. 27 (PDF)
In this Issue: Introductions for our Fellows and Interns, Our New Conservation Apprentice, Landing Page News, and Taking Light Levels
July 2022, No. 26 (PDF)
In this Issue: Ways of Giving: Jay and Ali Klein; Welcome Michaela Lott; American Institute for Conservation 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting; Fellows Colloquia; Staff Publications
May 2022, No. 25 (PDF)
In this Issue: Ways of Giving: Mellon Foundation; DEIA Update; Notes from Storage: Travel Frames; Support for Ukraine; Materials Research: Beirut
December 2021, No. 24 (PDF)
In this Issue: Installing the Photography Galleries; Variable Display Decisions; Researching Printing Techniques; Ways of Giving: Esther and Joe Siegel; Update from the Fellows.
September 2021, No. 23 (PDF)
In this Issue: Introducing our new Fellows Catherine “Cat” E. Stephens and Rachel Tabet; Ways of Giving: Sherman Fairchild; Installing Surrealism Beyond Borders; Time-Based Media Lab Update; Farewells to Research Scholar in Photograph Conservation Bryanna Knotts, and to Adrienne Arsht Museum Seminar (MuSe) Summer Intern Kayla Henry-Griffin.
June 2021, No. 22 (PDF)
In this Issue: Introducing Kayla Henry-Griffin; Preparing for The New Woman; PMMA Mini Workshop; Silver Mirroring Research; Hacking for Preservation; ICOM-CC’s 19th Triennial, Beijing.
March 2021, No. 21 (PDF)
In this Issue: Considerations for Bound Volumes; DEIA Updates; Summer Youth at The Met; Researching the Study Collection; Improving Digital Storage; Disaster Recovery in Beirut.
December 2020, Bulletin No. 20 (PDF)
In this Issue: Reflections, 2020, Our Fifth Anniversary, Staff & Fellows, Highlights, Essential Instrumentation, Preventive Care, Exhibition Highlights, Expanding Collections, Conservation Treatment, Time-Based Media Lab, Loans, Outreach & Engagement, and Professional Involvements.
August 2020, Bulletin No. 19 (PDF)
In this Issue: Dye Transfer Gift from CVI LAB, A Photography Love Story, Some Thoughts on Dye Transfer, Memorializing Analog Photography, A Commitment to Diversity, Shared Mellon Fellowships, and Digital Preservation & Storage.
May 2020, Bulletin No. 18 (PDF)
In this Issue: Conservators Working from Home, Digital Preservation of Artwork, Conservation Documentation, Researching the Study Collection, Technical Notes, Identity Reports, and Professional Involvement.
March 2020, Bulletin No. 17 (PDF)
In this Issue: Diana Díaz-Cañas Joins Us, Film Preservation Workshop, Every Disc, Every Bit of Data, Science and Art and Steichen, and Becoming a Conservator.
December 2019, Bulletin No. 16 (PDF)
In this Issue: Introducing Jonathan Farbowitz, Gathering in Delhi, Welcoming Aleya Lehmann, A Pristine Daguerreotype Revealed, and A Conservator's Discovery.
September 2019, Bulletin No. 15 (PDF)
In this Issue: TBM at The Met, Why Print a Photograph in 2019, Lisa Barro Begins a New Chapter, Welcome Bryanna Knotts, Research Scholar, and Congratulations to our Departing Fellows, Elsa Thyss and Alex Nichols.
June 2019, Bulletin No. 14 (PDF)
In this Issue: American Institute for Conservation Annual Meeting, Nora Kennedy awarded Honorary Doctorate, Fare ye well, Mollie, Our Fabulous Fellows, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-Funded India Exchange Prospers, Summer Extern Sasha, and Celebrating Us.
March 2019, Bulletin No. 13 (PDF)
In this Issue: International Photograph Conservation Meeting in New York, A Hidden Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, Daguerreotypes on Display, and Time-Based Media Documentation Templates Now Available.
December 2018, Bulletin No. 12 (PDF)
In this Issue: Time-Based Media at The Met, Collection Insights: Collaboration with Department of Arms and Armor, Modern Technology Meets Nineteenth-Century Practice, and Nora Kennedy in India and China.
September 2018, Bulletin No. 11 (PDF)
In this Issue: Time-Based Media Symposium at NYU, Early Cased Images from The Costume Institute Collection, Girault de Prangey Exhibition Preparations, E.J. Bellocq Research Continues, and 2018 ICFP Fellowship Concludes.
June 2018, Bulletin No. 10 (PDF)
In this Issue: Welcome Nikhil, And Josephine, African American Portraits, Time-Based Media Collections Assessment, Spring Fellows Colloquia, and ICOM-CC Board Meeting in Paris.
December 2017, Bulletin No. 9 (PDF)
In this Issue: Moving with the Times in Osaka, Japan, Time-Based Media Working Group on Metmuseum.org, Process Identification of Works by Adolf de Meyer, Le Prelude à l’Après-Midi d’un Faune, and Katie Sanderson in India.
October 2017, Bulletin No. 8 (PDF)
In this Issue: Staff Promotions, Lisa Barro Presents New Research at International Symposium, New Fellow in Time-Based Media Conservation, and Nora Kennedy Elected to ICOM-CC Board.
August 2017, Bulletin No. 7 (PDF)
In this Issue: Adrienne Lundgren shares insights on F. Holland Day, MEPPI Symposium in Beirut, Pre-Program Conservation Internships, and Christine Frohnert and The Body Politic.
April 2017, Bulletin No. 6 (PDF)
In this Issue: Investigating Irving Penn’s Nudes, Artist Panel on Time-Based Media Art, Elsa Thyss Presents at PMG, and Scientific Research Investigates Keiley Image Composition.
January 2017, Bulletin No. 5 (PDF)
In this Issue: Off-site Storage Up and Running, MEPPI III Initiative, Time-based Media Lecture Series, Article in Revue de l’Art, and Intern Spotlight: Natasha Kung.
September 2016, Bulletin No. 4 (PDF)
In this Issue: Farewell Janka, Welcome Elsa, Erin Fisher, The Future is Not What it Used to Be, and Paul Messier Visits The Met.
July 2016, Bulletin No. 3 (PDF)
In this Issue: Happy One Year Anniversary, Final Preparations for diane arbus: in the beginning, Conservator Nancy Reinhold Rejoins the Department, New Publication on 30 Years of Photograph Conservation, and Digital Print Workshop.
March 2016, Bulletin No. 2 (PDF)
In this Issue: The Met Breuer Opens with Excitement and a New Brand, Congratulations Debra Hess Norris, Hot off the Press, and MEPPI III Workshop in Beirut, Lebanon.
December 2015, Bulletin No. 1 (PDF)
In this Issue: Department of Photograph Conservation Established, Current Members of the Department of Photograph Conservation, Hot off the Press, and Season of Giving.