News archive - page 2
- Paul Messier featured in House Beautiful magazine, August, 2006
- Chapter entitled Knowing What You Have - Technical Analysis of Photographs with Notes on Fakes and Forgeries for the book The Photograph Collector’s Guide, Bullfinch Press. In press
- Albumen Photography Web site receives recognition as an "Editor's Pick" by Popular Science Magazine and is a D-Lib Magazine featured collection, May 2003
Paul Messier selected past presentations (2009-2000)
- With colleagues Valerie Bass, Detroit Institute of Art, Gordon Baldwin, Independent Curator, Denise, Bethel, Head of Photographs Department, Sotheby's, New York and Andrew Smith, Andrew Smith Gallery, Paul Messier moderated a panel examining the impact of the Lewis Hine scandal.
- Lee Ann Daffner of the MoMA, presented new developments for dating of photographic prints at the Photographic Materials Group Meeting at the Center of Creative Photography in Tucson, Jan 2009
- Development of the studio's reference collection of photographic paper,discussing applications of conservation, authentication and for studying the stylistic development of 20th century photographic paper to conservation fellows, graduate students and interested staff at the George Eastman House, Sep 2008
- With colleagues from Harvard University, participated in a panel discussion entitled "A New Methodology for Surveying Photograph Collections" at the Society of American Archivist's annual meeting in San Francisco, Aug 2008
- Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Friends of Photography Event, Behind the Scenes with Paul Messier, May 2008
- History and stylistic development of gelatin silver developing out paper, The Photographic Materials Group (PMG) of the AIC, Annual Meeting in Denver, CO Apr 2008
- Updates on collaborative research projects with the Museum of Modern Art, Photographic Materials Research Group Meeting, MoMA, Nov 2007
- Collecting contemporary color and digital photography: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, Apr 2007
- Understanding 20th Century Photographs: the Baryta Layer Symposium, American Institute for Conservation annual meeting, Photographic Materials Group Session. Providence RI, June, 2006
- Impact of Katrina on Collecting Institutions on Mississippi's Gulf Coast: American Institute for Conservation public outreach lecture, The Preservation Society of Newport County, Newport RI, June, 2006
- Photographic Paper Exposed: New Meaning and Possibilities for Understanding of 20th Century Photographs: Getty Conservation Institute symposium on baryta research, Los Angeles, Jan 2006
- Notes on Dating Photographic Paper: PhotoLA lecture series, Los Angeles, Jan 2006
- Survey of Harvard University’s Photograph Collections: Establishing Preservation Priorities Across Multiple Repositories, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation workshop at the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, Nov 2005
- Use of Optical Brighteners in Photographic Papers, Photographic Materials Group session, Vancouver, Mar 2005
- Materials Analysis of Photographic Paper. International Foundation for Art Research panel discussion Authenticity Issues in Photography, New York, Sept 2004, transcript appears in the IFAR Journal. V.7, #2, 2004. See also IFAR's Investigation of Walter Rosenblum (the Hine photographs case) -- web site requires a registration (free of charge)
- XRF Study of Baryta Coated Photographic Papers, with Dusan Stulik, Getty Conservation Institute, Photographic Materials Group session, Portland, OR, Jun 2004
- Subjective Treatment Criteria in Photograph Conservation & Analytical Techniques for the Authentication of the Photographic Prints, presented as part of the Moscow House of Photography’s Biennial, Moscow, Russia, Apr 2004
- Comfort in Ambiguity: Observation on the Treatment of Photographs & Electronic Media, annual meeting of the North American graduate conservation training programs, Cambridge, MA, April, 2002 & Moscow House of Photograph, May 2004.
- Color Photograph & Digital Print Conservation. A weeklong workshop funded by the Getty Grant Program, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, Nov 2002
- Material History of Color Photographs, prepared for Andrew W. Mellon Collaborative Workshop in Photograph Conservation hosted by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Nov 2002.
- TechArcheology Reformatted. Discussion moderator for Art Table-sponsored panel on the preservation of installation art. Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, Apr 2002
- A Methodology for Dating Photographs Relative to 1950. Association of Photographic Art Dealers (AIPAD) Symposium, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Jul 2001 and Photographic Materials Group session, Philadelphia, June, 2000.
- Four day-long workshops on the preservation of photographs & electronic media, Colorado Wyoming Association of Museums funded by the IMLS, Denver, Trinidad, Steamboat, CO & Rock Springs WY. May – July 2000
- XRF Analysis of Edward Curtis Prints Photographic Materials Group session, Philadelphia, June, 2000.
- Multiple lectures on the history and preservation of photographs at sites including: the George Eastman House; Image Permanence Institute; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard University; Wellesley College; Williams College, Simmons College; and others.