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Interested in donating photographs? Please contact Photo Archivist 劳拉•史密斯 to learn more about whether the Documentary Photography Archive might be a good fit for your material.

标准

The Documentary Photography Archive collects original primary research materials that have enduring archival value to the history, 内容, 和技术s of documentary photography and which align with 俄亥俄州’s student-centered teaching focus and curriculum needs.

标准 include, but are not limited to:

Area

Ohio-specific photography, particularly related to the city of 雅典 and Appalachian Ohio, is of special interest.

年表

19th – 20th century documentary photography

主题

• Professional or amateur/hobby documentary photography
• 新闻paper photography and photojournalism, including photo-essays
• Social documentary photography or concerned photography
• Narrative photography
• 集合 that distinctly support the study of historical and/or unique photographic processes in documentary photography, 其中包括格式, 技术, 和技术, and for which the 内容 closely aligns with newbb电子平台 curriculum
• Documentary photography that specifically relates to and compliments other materials held in the Mahn Center for 档案 & 特殊的集合 (手稿, 罕见的书, and 大学档案馆) to further support scholarship and creative study

格式和类型

All analog photograph formats are considered, 包括底片, 幻灯片, 幻灯片, 并打印. Other formats include text (such as manuscripts, 记录, and publications) and artifacts (such as cameras or camera lenses) that are directly related photography and the photographer’s process.

例子:

• Original black-and-white and color photography
• Textual support materials documenting the work and business of the photographer (such as articles, 期刊, 日记, 业务记录, 发布形式, 等.)
• Materials that assist with the retrieval and accessibility of the collection (such as inventories, 证明表, 等.)
• Partial collections from a photographer’s body of work which closely match the aforementioned subject areas

The following materials are outside the Documentary Photography Archive’s collecting scope:

• Fine art photography, commercial photography, artwork, and copies of material held elsewhere
• Material on permanent loan or active files

Rights Transfer and Accessibility

Transfer of full property and intellectual rights of the collection, agreed upon by both parties in the deed of gift, 是必需的. The 库 makes its collections widely accessible for research and learning. The ability to use – and authorize use of – its archival collections is imperative to its mission.

For more information about donating a collection to the Documentary Photography Archive, 请参考:

• Donation Considerations

收集联系

劳拉•史密斯, Photo Archivist, Mahn Center for 档案 and 特殊的集合, newbb电子平台 库.