The Recovery of Analog Photography Collections. A Fundamental Skill of Graphic Documentalists

Abstract

In addition to the traditional tasks of the graphic documentalist in relation with the selection, analysis and publication of the contents, there is yet another specific aspect of great interest for the institutions: the recovery of collections for their use and digitalization, which requires a certain amount of specialized technical training and monitoring of the previously designed criteria for the contents in terms of the needs of the companies and public and private institutions. This article analyzes the new skills of the graphic documentalists for recovering the analog photography collections as part of the general work which characterizes this profession.

Keywords

• Documentación
• Documentación fotográfica
• Documentación gráfica
• Documentación informativa
• Edición gráfica