Workshop 2011
“Companies in the Picture”
Photography Collections of (Financial) Companies
-A Corporate Historical View-
EABH Archival Workshop 2011
ING, Amsterdam on Thursday 19 May 2011
The objective of the workshop is to learn more about the existence, importance and use of corporate photography collections in (financial) organizations for a broader public.
The widespread use of photography by companies led to the development of often extensive corporate photography collections, many of which were kept in relative obscurity in a company’s historical archives. The aim of the workshop is to put these corporate photography collections under the spotlight, with a focus on photography at financial companies. Where are these collections? How are they preserved and managed? Who knows about them? How are they used? How can we see these collections?
The aim of the workshop is to encourage creative thinking and debate among the participants. The papers that will be presented not only contain a theoretical aspect, but aspects which in addition actively engage the audience in observation and discussion.
We are very much looking forward to a session were archivists, curators, researchers, scholars, photographers and corporate designers outline their field of work and share their experience.