Hi Nat,
do you mean scanned films or scanned prints?
The process was first to process the film, and then go on to make prints.
In the former Soviet Union, for b/w prints, everything was made at home
with a simple equipment; for color, unless you are professional, you would
have to go to a shop. Btw colored photographs were usually for producing
slides, and people did not make prints but rather projected them on the
screen. Now, scanning film is difficult and requires special equipment, but
scanning prints only requires a standard scanner.
Most people stopped using film in around 2000. and thus they are not so old
now (they would typically start taking pictures at 10-15, and, for example,
I am 55 now and I still had 25 years of film experience). The problems are
more that prints get lost or stayed behind as people are moving, and that
after 30 years they are not exactly sure what they were filming. I would
suggest a special nomination for scans of prints, if it still can be done
this year (though you have to be extra careful to make sure people scan
their own photographs).
For professional photographers, this is a never-ending story but I would
start with professional societies.
Best
Yaroslav
On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 11:01 PM attolippip <attolippip(a)gmail.com> wrote:
hello there!
has anyone tried locally to organise something around outreach to
photographers whose pictures were made on photographic films?
we have not had such a campaign in Ukraine before, just individual
efforts, like when a Wikipedian convinced an old photographer to upload his
pictures of lost heritage to Commons, they had to scan his films to do
that:
https://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/photos-of-destroyed-heritage/
as this year (to make sure people are not roaming around taking pictures
for their own safety) for the Ukrainian part of the contest we decided to
accept only pictures taken before February 24, 2022, we thought of maybe
looking for ways to reach this audience -- photographers whose pictures are
on films, so most probably old enough... but maybe there are some
tips/things to be aware of when dealing with scanned films, and somebody on
the list has travelled down this path already, and can share useful
information?
(sorry for crossposting, i have also asked about this on the telegram
channel)
З повагою / Best regards,
antanana
Wiki Loves Monuments Ukraine
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