Thank you. Yes, we were thinking of creating a special nomination for that kind of pictures -- we were thinking of scanned films, but you are correct in pointing out that some can actually have only prints. Both copyright issues and how to understand if a picture was taken on a film, and not digitally, are a part of issues we are trying to figure out... Reaching out to professional societies is a good idea for a start, thanks! I am not sure how much (if anything) will come out of our efforts to have a contest this year, but we shall see
З повагою / Best regards, antanana Wiki Loves Monuments Ukraine Disclaimer: This letter is sent in my Wikimedia volunteer capacity, not as a Board member of Wikimedia Foundation нд, 18 вер. 2022 р. о 10:27 Yaroslav Blanter <ymb...@gmail.com> пише: > Hi Nat, > > do you mean scanned films or scanned prints? > > The process was first to process the film, and then go on to make prints. > In the former Soviet Union, for b/w prints, everything was made at home > with a simple equipment; for color, unless you are professional, you would > have to go to a shop. Btw colored photographs were usually for producing > slides, and people did not make prints but rather projected them on the > screen. Now, scanning film is difficult and requires special equipment, but > scanning prints only requires a standard scanner. > > Most people stopped using film in around 2000. and thus they are not so > old now (they would typically start taking pictures at 10-15, and, for > example, I am 55 now and I still had 25 years of film experience). The > problems are more that prints get lost or stayed behind as people are > moving, and that after 30 years they are not exactly sure what they were > filming. I would suggest a special nomination for scans of prints, if it > still can be done this year (though you have to be extra careful to make > sure people scan their own photographs). > > For professional photographers, this is a never-ending story but I would > start with professional societies. > > Best > Yaroslav > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 11:01 PM attolippip <attolip...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> hello there! >> has anyone tried locally to organise something around outreach to >> photographers whose pictures were made on photographic films? >> >> we have not had such a campaign in Ukraine before, just individual >> efforts, like when a Wikipedian convinced an old photographer to upload his >> pictures of lost heritage to Commons, they had to scan his films to do >> that: https://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/photos-of-destroyed-heritage/ >> >> as this year (to make sure people are not roaming around taking pictures >> for their own safety) for the Ukrainian part of the contest we decided to >> accept only pictures taken before February 24, 2022, we thought of maybe >> looking for ways to reach this audience -- photographers whose pictures are >> on films, so most probably old enough... but maybe there are some >> tips/things to be aware of when dealing with scanned films, and somebody on >> the list has travelled down this path already, and can share useful >> information? >> >> (sorry for crossposting, i have also asked about this on the telegram >> channel) >> >> З повагою / Best regards, >> antanana >> Wiki Loves Monuments Ukraine >> >> Disclaimer: This letter is sent in my Wikimedia volunteer capacity, not >> as a Board member of Wikimedia Foundation >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> wikilovesmonuments-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to > wikilovesmonuments-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org
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