Servei de Gestió Documental, Arxius i Publicacions
Servei de Gestió Documental, Arxius i Publicacions
Image and Research Conference
Photograph preservation is currently undergoing a period of reassessment shaped by environmental, economic, and institutional crises. Long grounded in strict preservation standards, conservation practices are now confronted with the imperatives of sustainability and the need to reduce energy consumption and environmental impact. Drawing on examples from photographic archives, this paper evaluates how environmental responsibility may be reconciled with the long-term preservation of photographic materials. This approach invites us to rethink conservation not as a fixed set of immutable prescriptions, but as a dynamic practice grounded in risk assessment, professional ethics, and sustainability.
Bertrand Lavédrine is Professor at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris. He previously served as Director of the Centre de recherche sur la conservation (1998–2018) and as Head of the Conservation Master’s Program at Panthéon-Sorbonne University (2003–2007). He is actively involved in national and international research projects on heritage conservation. His latest publication, « 200 ans de photographies », brings together in a single volume the full range of photographic’s material and the issues related to their preservation. He teaches in professional training programs worldwide and has served as a visiting professor at New York University’s Conservation Center, at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Minpaku) in Osaka (Japan), as well as a Conservation Scholar at the Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles (USA).
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