Andy:
I was thinking about the many photographs that were and are being damaged
by floodwaters in Texas.
Recovering and saving them will be very difficult I imagine. I wonder if
the items are possibly salvageable one thing to do early on is to make a
copy of them as soon as they are found and prior to any attempt at
saving/restoring them. What steps might people take to try to save their
photographic “heritage”?
Andy
wash and dry films and negs, digital.. not a lot that can be done for that.
I'd probably put those issues at the bottom of my to-do list though as I'm
sure you would too Andy - lives come a long way before anything else and
with food and shelter needs they'll be facing I'd be more inclined to burn
the photos to keep someone warm than preserve the pictures.
I honestly have no idea what people are going through there though so I may
be being excessivelyy dramatic - I just hope people are OK and surviving
rebuilding can be heartbreaking but for some, the forced elimination of
things aquired across a lifetime can be a godsend. Our possesions are
supposed to serve us, but often we end up serving them
my best wishes to those affected
karl
