Welcome
We provide conservation treatment and consulting services to museums, galleries, collectors, historical societies, libraries, and individuals. Our services range from the treatment of individual fine art prints, to the care of large print and negative collections.
We also offer a range of educational opportunities and products, including workshops, both online and in-person, and historic photographic sample sets.
New & Upcoming
Moving to a new conservation studio in San Rafael, CA
We're excited to move into a new studio in downtown San Rafael, CA in June 2009.
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Successful Conservation in the Tropics
My thoughts on what constitutes conservation success for a photo collection in a hot and humid environment.
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Chromogenic Color Characterization, A Study of Kodak Color Prints, 1942-2008
From the Photographic Materials Group Winter Meeting in Tucson, where Zach Long and I presented our chromogenic print research and Ektacolor Paper Backprint Chronology
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Recent Advances in Photograph Preservation from the Image Permanence Institute
News from IPI's session at the 2008 annual meeting of the Society of American Archivists in San Francisco.
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Process: autochrome
Before & After Gallery
Check out our gallery of before and after photos of some projects we've worked on. View gallery.
Ektacolor Paper Backprint Chronology
This backprint chronology of Kodak color prints from 1942 to the present is part of a larger on-going research project into the understanding and technical analysis of chromogenic color photography. We are making this portion available now, as it can be very useful on its own for the dating of color prints. Visit the library to download.