Save Our Memory
A Look Inside the Restoration of Historic Photos
Contact and Information
Sam Habibi Minelli, Head of the Research Applications Center at Alinari, Florence, Italy
sam.minelli@alinari.it
Image Gallery
All images: © Alinari
- 1: The Alinari Brothers – in 1852 they founded a photographic workshop in Florence.
- 2: The 150 years of Alinari’s activity were celebrated with a special national stamp.
- 3: Restoration laboratory using microscopy techniques
- 4: Stereomicroscopy reveals details of historic photos
- 5: Stereomicroscopy reveals details of historic photos
- 6: Stereomicroscopy reveals details of historic photos
- 7: Stereomicroscopy reveals details of historic photos
- 8: Stereomicroscopy reveals details of historic photos
- 9: Stereomicroscopy reveals details of historic photos
- 10: Florence, Piazza della Signoria, 1890 ca. glass plate, silver salt gelatin
- 11: View of Cathedral Square with the façade of the church and the entrance to Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery in Milan, 1890 ca., glass plate, silver salt gelatin
- 12: Piazza Bocca della Verità, with the Temple of Vesta on the right, the Fountain of the Tritons and, in the background, the Church of St. Mary in Cosmedin, Rome, 1900 ca., glass plate, silver salt gelatin
- 13: Workers refining plates in the Ginori Factory, in Doccia near Florence, 1902, glass plate, silver salt gelatin
- 14: Busy view of a street in Milan with the cathedral in the background, 1890 ca., glass plate, silver salt gelatin
- 15: Two women riding camels with guides in ethnic costumes in front of the Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu) and the Sphinx of Chephren (Khafre), Egypt, 1875 -1885 ca., print on double-weight paper, albumen
- 16: View of Piazza di Spagna: in the foreground there is the Fontana della Barcaccia, beyond the staircase an obelisk and the Church of Trinità dei Monti, Rome, 1900 ca., glass plate, silver salt gelatin
- 17: Western turists on the statue of the Great Buddha in the environs of the Kotokuin Temple in Kamakura, Japan, 1890 ca., print on double-weight paper, albumen
- 18: "Me + cat": a superimposition of Wanda Wulz's face and the image of her cat, Trieste, 1932, photomontage, silver salt gelatin
