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.