Description of the project
After producing the first questionnaires and analyzing the project scope, it was decided that the interviews would only include North American Conservators (conservators working in US). After presenting the project at the George Eastman House in December 2008 , the project description had evolved to the following: Current Status of Treatment Practices in Photograph Conservation Statement of Purpose This research will create a basic reference resource (interviews-based) that describes and addresses the current status of treatment within the profession, its philosophies, history; and the criteria and methodologies used for its evaluation. The objective of this resource is to gather and make accessible the knowledge and experience of a group of key individuals in the field, answering fundamental questions that relate to our work. Significance Treatment is one of the activities that characterize and differentiate a photograph conservator from other closely related specialists. The possibil...