Conservation Techniques
Conservation treatments range from very simple tear repairs or flattening to more complex treatments such as stain removal. Treatments vary widely depending on the type of photograph and its intended use.
Photograph preservation, the preventive care of photograph collections, is an important aspect of conservation. Recent decades have seen an increasing awareness of the need for preventive conservation through proper climate control and high-quality storage facilities.
Materials addressed by photograph conservators range from the early daguerreotype, ambrotype, and tintype images of the 19th century, to the gelatin silver and chromogenic prints of the 20th century, and even the digital printing processes of today. Photograph conservation does not normally include moving image materials, which by their nature require a very different approach. Film preservation concerns itself with these materials.
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