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Link Love: 11/16/2012

by Mitch Toda on November 16, 2012

  • Getting it digitized the NARA way. [via InfoDocket]
  • Some awesomeness from Japan, no more photobooths and their 2D pictures, welcome 3D portraits. [via PetaPixel]
  • An innovative history, a look at the chemical processes used in photography. [via PetaPixel]
  • Making it available to all, OCLC's ArchiveGrid to become a free service. [via InfoDocket] 
  • Stunning portraits of wild animals by photographer, Tim Flach, in his project, titled More than Human. [via PetaPixel]
  • Can it do it all? Explorations of PDF/A. [via The Signal: Digital Preservation]
  • Keeping it real, webarchiving at Coca-Cola [via Jennifer Wright, SIA]
  • After documentary filmmaker and photography enthusiast Matt Morris got engaged, he and his fiancée had their engagement photos shot by tintype photographer, Harry Taylor. Morris decided return to Taylor's studio and document his work. [via PetaPixel]
Categories: What Gets Saved
Tags: Web/Tech, Archive, Photo History, Digitization, Link Love
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Maureen

Love the short on tintype photography. Thank you!

Maureen November 16, 2012 at 4:06 pm
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George

I did a photo like the one above, not as good and without tiger of course :)

George November 17, 2012 at 11:03 am
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Freya

wow the portraits of the wild animals are incredible. I only just started photography and looking at those portraits I definitely still have a lot to learn.

Freya November 19, 2012 at 5:26 am
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