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ACADEMIC ARCHIVE Historical Photographic Image Resource Accessible online for Academic Institutions: for graduate, postgraduate students and research scholars - primarily for the illustration of thesis, papers and publications. The strength and importance of this resource is centred upon British and Italian 19th century photography with particular focus on architecture sculpture and landscape and photomechanical and photographic reproduction processes. Institutions and their staff will be have access to high quality origination for lectures; exhibitions and course work by direct download on a subscription basis Access to high quality digital origination will be restricted to non-commercial use. In addition this resource will make available through REBUSePRINT a series of seminal texts on photography The first of which will be the complete text of WHF Talbot's Pencil of Nature downloadable together with 24 images in digital form together with his planned but unpublished Part Seven REBUS will be an e-publication issued as a series of occasional papers concerned with the cultural, philosophical and cultural impact of image production, replication through the agency of light with an emphasis on the emergence and evolution of photographic vision Each issue will focus on a single subject of topic, those currently in progress and under consideration are: Carlos Relvas:  the masterworks of Portugal's photographic genius. Thomas Wedgwood - through the Agency of Light Alone Vision and the Sensorium: 1 Authenticity and Semblance Neville Story Maskelyne: The Future of Photography:  A Recondite Vision Tim MacMillan: Timeslice Photographs Essays on the work of 'Dead Horse' installation video Major General Waterhouse ISC and the Survey Office of India's Calcutta Photographic Photomechanical Reprographic Complex John-Claude Mougin: Arresting Entropy

DIGITAL REMASTERING Specialist Digital Imaging Remastering Undertaken using a variety and combination of traditional, electronic and hybrid techniques to copy, record and effectively rescue, retain and enhance faded photographs where image degradation has been proportional and even, whilst maintaining the integrity of the original image and metadata. Specialist high quality photographic printing for exhibitions using traditional silver halide printing processes, in particular albumen, salt print and platinum processes. In addition, when and where appropriate, production of fine art digital 8-colour prints using pigment based inks and archival papers for optimum permanence New system independent origination can be created for seminal images for archiving on selenium-toned silver halide film stock On-site courses specifically tailored for archivists, museum curators in the use of photoshop at various levels to help and assist institutions with photographic holdings who either wish to undertake work in house or to be better informed when supervising the digitization of collections by outside independent contractors Image Research would be willing to appraise, evaluate and advise upon the suitability of external contractors

CURATORSHIP Scholarship Research and Tuition Michael Gray Independent Scholar and Photographic Consultant Former curator of the Fox Talbot Museum, author with specialist  expertise and interest in the reprinting of 19th and 20th Century paper and glass negatives specifically where no known prints survive or are exhibitable. Recent commissions include work for: The Scottish National Portrait Gallery The Scottish Executive J Paul Getty Department of Photographs The British Library Arquivo Nacional de Fotografia, Lisbon The British Council Bath Literary and Scientific Institute Bath Guildhall Archive University of Cambridge Archives The Royal Geographical Society British Petroleum Archiv Alinari Lessing KunstArchiv Michael Gray has a wide range of contacts throughout Europe and the Far East and is able to originate and research for exhibitions and publications where specialist knowledge and expertise is required Publications Exhibitions Recent and Current Projects   Michael Gray exxmwg@bath.ac.uk 44 1 373 830 474 Monmouth House 4 Bath Road Beckington, Frome BA11 6SW

Image Research Site and Resource Development will be available online as from 05:04:2005 |  info@mwgray.force9.co.uk

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