1st Edition

The Preservation of Born-digital Photographs

By Millard Schisler Copyright 2026
226 Pages 151 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 151 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 151 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

The Preservation of Born-digital Photographs will equip professionals with the necessary knowledge and tools to effectively care for their born-digital images. Drawing on the author’s extensive experience working in the field, the book effectively highlights the challenges involved in preserving the vast number of born-digital photographs and emphasizes how urgent the need to democratize... Read more

List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Why should we think about this subject?; 1. Photo Finished – the end of photography; 2. Where do digital photographs reside?; 3. Defining what we aim to preserve; 4. How can backlogs and active materials be organized and described?; 5. Storage: Where and how?; 6. Digital preservation program; 7. From digital to analog; 8. Rethinking capture; Final remarks; Index.

Biography

Millard Wesley Long Schisler is a photograph and media conservator and Head of Collections at Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil. He holds an MFA from VSW, Rochester, NY, and a Certificate in Photographic Preservation from George Eastman House. He taught in the photographic program at Rochester Institute of Technology and now teaches digital preservation at Johns Hopkins on the Master’s in Museum Studies.