Art wrote:
>Gates also owns several other collections from
>Europe, which unfortunately are also disintegrating.
Which proves conclusively that even Money doesn't solve problems--unless, of
course, you *use* it!!! ]:(
Best regards--LRA
>From: Arthur Entlich <artistic@ampsc.com>
>Reply-To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
>To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
>Subject: Re: filmscanners: Best digital archive medium for scans?
>Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 01:26:22 -0700
>
>
>
>Karl Schulmeisters wrote:
>
> > So for a 20 year archive, I would print to 2 CDRs and keep the original
>negs
> > in a cool-dry place (in essence that is what Corbis is doing with the
> > Betteman archive).
> >
>
>
> >From what I've read, Corbis actually throwing up their hands and
>accepting defeat. The vast majority of their Betteman Archive is
>degrading so rapidly that they said they would be unable to save it
>before it disintegrated. Rather than increase the number of people
>doing scanning, they decided to move the majority of the collection
>underground in an abandoned limestone mine, and hope this slows the
>process (or they simply want the collection out of the mind of the
>public in general).. Knowing Gates, it is all a money decision and they
>likely already scanned the "best" (most sellable) images , and now don't
>care a great deal about that's left, in spite of it being an
>international treasure. Gates also owns several other collections from
>Europe, which unfortunately are also disintegrating.
>
>Art
>
>
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