What is an Image Archive?
im·age [im-ij]
noun, verb, im·aged, im·ag·ing.
noun
1.a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
2.an optical counterpart or appearance of an object, as is produced by reflection from a mirror, refraction by a lens,
or the passage ofluminous rays through a small aperture and their reception on a surface.
3.a mental representation; idea; conception.
ar·chive [ahr-kahyv]
noun
1.Usually, archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc.,
of a person, family,corporation, association, community, or nation.
2.archives, a place where public records or other historical documents are kept.
3.any extensive record or collection of data: The encyclopedia is an archive of world history. The experience was sealed in the archive of her memory.
noun, verb, im·aged, im·ag·ing.
noun
1.a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
2.an optical counterpart or appearance of an object, as is produced by reflection from a mirror, refraction by a lens,
or the passage ofluminous rays through a small aperture and their reception on a surface.
3.a mental representation; idea; conception.
ar·chive [ahr-kahyv]
noun
1.Usually, archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc.,
of a person, family,corporation, association, community, or nation.
2.archives, a place where public records or other historical documents are kept.
3.any extensive record or collection of data: The encyclopedia is an archive of world history. The experience was sealed in the archive of her memory.
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located in San Francisco, the Archive has been receiving data donations from Alexa Internet and others. In late 1999, the organization started to grow to include more well-rounded collections. Now the Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages in our collections, and provides specialized services for adaptive reading and information access for the blind and other persons with disabilities.
The Story of Chief Joseph
The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located in San Francisco, the Archive has been receiving data donations from Alexa Internet and others. In late 1999, the organization started to grow to include more well-rounded collections. Now the Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages in our collections, and provides specialized services for adaptive reading and information access for the blind and other persons with disabilities.
The Story of Chief Joseph
Artist
PUBLIC PHENOMENA ARCHIVE
Since Temporary Services’ inception in 1998, we have taken an active interest in the vernacular culture
found in publicly trafficked space. We have built a large archive of compelling phenomena that we
photographed outdoors around Chicago and in other cities.
All of the photos in this booklet were taken in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin between 1998 and 2005.
PUBLIC PHENOMENA ARCHIVE
Since Temporary Services’ inception in 1998, we have taken an active interest in the vernacular culture
found in publicly trafficked space. We have built a large archive of compelling phenomena that we
photographed outdoors around Chicago and in other cities.
All of the photos in this booklet were taken in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin between 1998 and 2005.
PUBLIC COLLECTORS
Public Collectors is founded upon the concern that there are many types of cultural artifacts that public libraries, museums and other institutions and archives either do not collect or do not make freely accessible. Public Collectors asks individuals that have had the luxury to amass, organize, and inventory these materials to help reverse this lack by making their collections public.
This page consists of sample findings and excerpts. It is also an account of the contents of my home and digital files from my camera. If you have suggestions, have a collection you want to share, or are in Chicago and would like to see something in person, please contact me. This blog is intended as a casual, more personal supplement to the main Public Collectors website.
Public Collectors is maintained by Marc Fischer.
Taryn Simon- Image Atlas: The stories behind the bloodlines
Public Collectors is founded upon the concern that there are many types of cultural artifacts that public libraries, museums and other institutions and archives either do not collect or do not make freely accessible. Public Collectors asks individuals that have had the luxury to amass, organize, and inventory these materials to help reverse this lack by making their collections public.
This page consists of sample findings and excerpts. It is also an account of the contents of my home and digital files from my camera. If you have suggestions, have a collection you want to share, or are in Chicago and would like to see something in person, please contact me. This blog is intended as a casual, more personal supplement to the main Public Collectors website.
Public Collectors is maintained by Marc Fischer.
Taryn Simon- Image Atlas: The stories behind the bloodlines