Comments on: Photo Archives and Maritime Cliches

By: Tamsyn Smith

Tamsyn Smith — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 12:57:43 +0000

Hi Julian. Thank you for your email. Please get in contact with Dr Lucy Blue (https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archaeology/about/staff/lkb.page) as the photos are from a research project and their reproduction would need to be permitted by her.

By: JULIÁN MOYANO DI CARLO

JULIÁN MOYANO DI CARLO — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 11:47:31 +0000

Good evening. I am going to publish a work about watercraft technology in BAR publishing and I wanted to know if some of these pictures can be used to publish.

Thanks in advance

Julian

By: Jesse Ransley

Jesse Ransley — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:49:37 +0000

Thank you David. There’s a particular resonance (as well as unique set of skills) in the recording of murals and art.

By: Jesse Ransley

Jesse Ransley — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:46:55 +0000

Apologies John. It’s the eternal battle of academia – trying to get things published but also made accessible. If you are near any UK university libraries you can often get access as a visitor. Poor substitute I know, but this is something that should change in the next 5-10 years.

By: John Clarke

John Clarke — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 22:28:05 +0000

Unfortunately if you do not have access via a Library that subscribes, your links can not be read unless you pay a high individual charge.

By: dwwooddell

dwwooddell — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:59:21 +0000

I’m an editorial type who has participated in archaeology on various levels. Recently, I began the process of preparing for archiving my infrared photographic work at Bonampak, Chiapas Mexico. I made the images for reference for the art department at National Geographic magazine, and for Yale University’s Bonampak Documentation Project. My work penetrated time and revealed the underdrawing (in the carbon line) made by the artists, as well as many previously unreadable glyphs throughout the three rooms. As an amateur in archaeology, I have depended on experts such as Dr. Miller, Dr. Steve Houston, Dr. Kurt Taube, and Dr. Diana Magaloni for their academic knowledge and cooperation both in the filed and afterward. My b&w infrared photos, as well as my color photography at Bonampak will be going to the Yale University archive being set up under a grant by Dr. Mary Ellen Miller. It was a privilege to be able to create the images under permits given to Dr. Miller by INAH in the mid-1990s, and now it is time to make sure they are available to academics in the future who wish to study the fragile, and yet enduring beauty and meaning of the murals, painted in the late 790s AD. – David W. Wooddell

By: Jesse Ransley

Jesse Ransley — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 20:56:00 +0000

Thanks Juha
Great suggestion. The discussion around archaeology and photography has really expanded in the last 10-15 years. It’s fascinating stuff.
Jesse

By: Juha Juutinen

Juha Juutinen — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:28:04 +0000

I just read an interesting overview about archaeology photos: Frederick N. Bohrer: Photography and Archaeology (Reaktion Books 2011). A nice introduction to start seeing trough all those stereotypes.