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Fun with PhotoDoc – In the News (Edition 9)

Check out this new article written by our lead photographic documentation technician, Jessica Ebert, on the exciting world of photographic documentation in the Preservation Lab: http://libapps.libraries.uc.edu/source/photo-documentation-in-the-preservation-lab/

This is an image of a painting of a young woman done in a variety of white pigments. The image depicts the painting under ultraviolet radiation. This particular painting was painted by the artist under UV radiation, so it is not until it exposed to UV radiation that the viewer is able to see the full extent of the detailed work.

This is an example of one of the pieces that was photographed under UV radiation in a recent workshop Jessica attended through AIC. In this workshop at Duke University, taught by conservator Jennifer McGlinchey Sexton, participants learned how to identify the best UV lamps for conservation documentation, how to test for visible light leakage, and how to standardize UV documentation workflow using the Target UV (to the right of the painting).