12 Photos & 12 Voices: The Acton Photograph Digitization Project

NYU Florence - Villa La Pietra - May 19, 2020

Through twelve different perspectives and twelve photographs, this event will illustrate the fascinating complexity of the Acton photograph archive, from imagining it as an “ecosystem” to an exploration of its preservation process.

Speaker and guests include:

Perri Klass – NYU Florence Co-Director; Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics, New York University

Larry Wolff – NYU Florence Co-Director; Julius Silver Professor of History; Executive Director Remarque Institute, New York University

Costanza Caraffa – Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Head of the Photo Library

Tiziana Serena – Università di Firenze, Associate Professor in History of Photography

Francesca Baldry – NYU Florence Acton Collection Manager; Co-curator of the project

Scott Palmer – NYU Florence faculty; Coordinator of Instructional Technology and Digital Initiatives NYU Florence; Co-curator of the project

Nora Kennedy – NYU Institute Lecturer for the Conservation Center; Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge of the Photograph Conservation Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Barbara Cattaneo – Opificio delle Pietre Dure Florence, Paper, Book and Photograph Conservator

Elisabetta Accorsi and Pamela Ferrari – Centrica srl, Florence

Arnav Binaykia – NYU Florence student; intern 2019-20 at the Acton Collection at Villa La Pietra

Alessandra Capodacqua – NYU Florence faculty; photographer

Michele Marincola – NYU Chair of the Conservation Center; Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of Conservation; Conservation Consultant, Villa La Pietra Florence.

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