Into the Light: Salted Paper Prints at Harvard University

Harvard has one of the world’s richest collections of salted paper prints, the earliest form of print photography. Harvard Library’s Weissman Preservation Center has been working on a multi-year initiative to enhance its understanding of salted paper prints and ensure their long-term preservation. On April 9, Brenda Bernier, Elena Bulat, and Melissa Banta of the Weissman Preservation Center will present discoveries made during this project and highlights from collections that reveal the transformation of the salt print process from an experimental method to a practiced technique. In addition, special guest Dr. Dusan Stulik from the Getty Conservation Institute will present new findings in his analysis of photographs by William Henry Fox Talbot, the inventor of the salt print process.

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