Photographers' Archives and Legacy Project seminar
Royal Photographic Society, Bath, 6 February 2013
Attendees included photographers, students, academics, photography conservationists, exhibition curators and the family of a deceased photographer.
There were presentations by Jem Southam, photographer and Professor of Photography at Plymouth University and Ian Leith, Acquisitions Officer, English Heritage Archives, Swindon, followed by discussion.
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Key points from the discussions
- How should / does a photographer decide what to do, where to start, how or what to select?
- Photographers need to be more adroit in looking at their work – think about splitting it up, differentiating art practice and social practice, looking at what you do and where your interests lie
- What gets lost in translation (from photographer to institution, over time etc)
- There can be a gathering of significance of an archive; does not necessarily translate into greater monetary value
- Auction houses can play a useful role in talking about and advising on value
- What is the distinction between a collection and an archive?
- The more biographical and contextual material work has, the more useful it will be for an archive
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| Image: The Getty Archive |
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