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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


www.alinari.com

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

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