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The Press Photographers Association of Ireland Collection

November 28, 2013 · 2 comments

in Collections,Guest Bloggers,Photographs

by Jason Kearney, BA Photography student, DIT As part of our third year in college, we had the option to study the archive in context – a progression from an earlier module in which we studied the theoretical aspects of the archive. To put these theories into practice and also out of a sense of […]

Tagged as: Carroll's, Conservation, DIT, Dublin Institute of Technology, Elizabeth Kirwan, Frank Miller, Jason Kearney, Kate Horgan, Matt Kavanagh, Matthew Cains, National Library of Ireland, National Photographic Archive, NLI, NPA, Photojournalism, PPAI, PPAI Awards, PPAI Collection, Press Photographers Association of Ireland, Virtua

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Working in the Archive on the Fergus Bourke Collection

July 12, 2013 · 4 comments

in Collections,Guest Bloggers,Photographs

by Grace Hall, photography student at DIT I have just completed my third year as a student of photography at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT). The course includes not only the practice of photography, in addition to its theoretical and cultural contexts, but also the study of the archive as it relates to photography […]

Tagged as: Abbey Theatre, Banshee's Grotto, Dancing at Lughnasa, Dublin Institute of Technology, Fergus Bourke, Fergus Bourke Collection, Grace Hall, Kindred, National Photographic Archive, NPA, Pickaroon

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5.2 million reasons to do a stock check

October 5, 2012 · 1 comment

in Collections,Exhibitions,NLI Staff,Photographs,Projects

by Nora-Jane Thornton, National Photographic Archive When asked if I would like to relocate from our Manuscript Department to the National Photographic Archive in Meeting House Square in Temple Bar, I was excited by the prospect, and when I heard that the work would involve a thorough stock check of our photographic collections, I was […]

Tagged as: Ambrotypes, Barbara Bonini, British Library, Cellulose Acetate Film, Colette O'Flaherty, Conservation, Daguerreotypes, Elizabeth Kirwan, Flickr Commons, Glass Negatives, Glynis Pickett, Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Collection, Joanna Finegan, John Joly, Joly Colour Process, Keith Murphy, Lantern Slides, Library Management System, LMS, Maria O'Shea, Matthew Cains, National Photographic Archive, Negatives, Nitrate Film, Nitrocellulose Film, Nora-Jane Thornton, NPA, O'Carroll Collection, Photographs, Preservation, Safety Film, Stock Check, Taking Stock, Tintypes, Vinegar Syndrome, Virtua

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