Conservation Treatment of Photographs

This is a test from YouTube embedding, also a test for the use of titles and covers using i-movie. YouTube is a possibility for publishing the interviews. It is an accessible diffusion tool, that has already been used by academic purposes. Some of the inconveniences are that when a video is uploaded to YouTube, it loses context and that "similar" videos are related to it, which can be completely different and unrelated. [In the original posting, the video was uploaded to you tube but it was removed after 2 months, since it was only a trial. During this time, 35 people viewed the video and none left a comment on it].

Rehearsal interviews with ARP Fellows Yesterday I interviewed two of my co-fellows at the Advanced Residency Program: Ania Michas and Hyejung Yum (separately). The purpose of this was both to try the questionnaire (version 6) and potentially evaluate the answers, as well as to improve my interviewing skills. I gave them the interview questionnaire 1 and 2 days before the interview (posted Jan 6, 2009) and used the version with notes and follow ups (posted Jan 5, 2009) as planned. I think that both interviews went pretty well. Interestingly the answers from one interviewee to the other were very different, which somehow reinforces the value of collecting different points of view on the topic and the range of perspectives towards conservation treatments. The length of each interview was 33 and 34 minutes. The observations I made in terms of the structure and content of the questionnaire are: - At the beginning, a deeper conversation about the interviewees previous experience was needed i...

In the template 5 I slightly reformulated some of the questions of the first part of the interview (trying to avoid tendencies or bias). Also, I developed the fourth treatment topic question -about modern and contemporary photography. This version of the interview questionnaire is ready to be tested.

This is the questionnaire that I am sending to the interviewees prior to the interview. It derives directly from template 5, but it more direct and simple. Current Status of Treatment Practices in Photograph Conservation Interview questionnaire a. Could you please tell me your name, job title and affiliation? b. When was this conservation lab established and for how long have you been working here? (if applicable) c. Could you describe your clientele? [for private practice] Need 1. How do you determine the need for treatment? 2. Would you propose the establishment of a regular treatment program for the collection? [for institutions] Type & Aim 3. What is the scope of treatments that you perform and the types of photographs you treat most frequently? 4. Could you describe, as an example, the intervention of a photograph you treated? 5. What is the aim of the treatments? Degree/Extent of intervention 6. What do you consider as a minor, moderate and major intervention? 7. Do you consi...

Current Status of Treatment Practices in Photograph Conservation Interview questionnaire (template 5) a. Could you please tell me your name, job title and affiliation? b. When was this conservation lab established and for how long have you been working here? Need 1. Considering that in practice, not all deteriorated photographs (or not all photographs that present problems), can be treated or are treated, how do you select and prioritize the photographs that are going to be treated? What factors determine the need or request for treatment? 2. If you had more resources would you propose the establishment of a regular treatment program for the collection? (based on surveyed priorities?) Type & Aim 3. Can you describe the scope of treatments that you perform and the types of photographs you treat most frequently? 4. Could you describe, as an example, the intervention of a photograph or group of photographs treated in this lab recently, to help me understand your work methodology? (A c...