Photography History and Conservation

This beautiful book is a visually rich celebration of the contribution of digital printing to commerce and the human experience. It tells how printing has become democratized -- we can now print what we want where and when we need it. With color at our fingertips, we all become publishers. Visit with industry leaders as they tell how (& sometimes why) they did it. Browse case vignettes which illuminate how the strategic decisions of selected companies fit or failed to fit changing technology and market realities. Also includes: a global overview of the technologies, a glossary, and a bibliography. "An invaluable industry handbook as well as a history."

This invaluable resource demystifies the complex, rapidly changing, and sometimes confusing world of digital print technologies. It describes the major digital printing processes used by photographers and artists over the past forty years, explaining and illustrating materials and their deterioration, methods of identification, and options for acquiring and preserving digital prints. A removable chart provides a ready reference for identifying specific materials. Anyone involved in identifying and preserving digital prints--from conservators, curators, archivists, and registrars to photographers, artists, and printing studios--will welcome this comprehensive, one-of-a-kind volume.