Wilhelm Imaging Research

Wilhelm Imaging Research

Wilhelm Imaging Research, run by Henry Wilhelm, is an image testing company that provides contract testing to clients on the stability and preservation of traditional and digital color photographs and motion pictures. The company publishes brand name-specific permanence data for desktop and large-format inkjet printers and other digital printing devices. It also provides consulting services to museums, archives, and commercial collections on sub-zero cold storage for the very long term preservation of still photographs and motion pictures.

Founded by Henry Wilhelm and Carol Brower in 1995, WIR was established based upon the research done for Wilhelm's 1993 book on photograph preservation (co-authored by Brower) "The Permanence and Care of Color Photographs: Traditional and Digital Color Prints, Color Negatives, Slides, and Motion Pictures". The firm's work now involves testing of inkjet materials and various digital output used in the industry and by fine-art printing presses. In addition to its raw research, WIR consults for a wide variety of clients in the photography, archival, and digital print media fields. Current and past clients include the Museum of Modern Art, among others, as well as manufacturing companies Lexmark, Hewlett-Packard, Fuji, and Epson; additionally, the Bill Gates' owned Corbis Corporation in New York City, owner of the 20 million image Bettmann Archive.Wilhelm himself serves on several boards and associations in the photographic and digital media fields, including the Board of Editorial Advisors for Photo-Electronic Imaging magazine, the Photographic Materials Group of the American Institute for Conservation, and the American Nationals Standards Institute. Wilhelm was a founding member and Secretary of the ANSI subcommittee responsible for writing the ANSI IT9.9 standard on test methods for measuring the stability of color photographs.

External links

* [http://wilhelm-research.com Official website]
* [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/11/23/1100972399569.html Fade to Black: article about criticism by Wilhelm Research of Kodak's longevity claims]
* [http://www.digicamera.com/features/goinggoinggone/ Going, Going, Gone! article about the controversies surrounding image permanence testing techniques]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Wilhelm Röntgen — Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Born Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen 27 March 1845(1845 03 27) Lennep, Germany …   Wikipedia

  • Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen — Infobox Scientist name = Wilhelm Röntgen box width = 300px image width = 220px caption = Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen birth date = birth date|1845|3|27|df=y birth place = Lennep, Prussia death date = Death date and age|df=yes|1923|2|10|1845|3|27 death… …   Wikipedia

  • Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research — Abbreviation MPS Formation 1934 (founded as the Luftwaffe test grounds in Rechlin/Mecklenburg) / July 1, 2004 (renamed to the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research) …   Wikipedia

  • Max Planck Institute for Medical Research — Abbreviation MPImF Purpose/focus Basic research Headquarters Munich, Germany …   Wikipedia

  • Inkjet printer — Inkjet printers operate by propelling variably sized droplets of liquid or molten material (ink) onto almost any sized page. They are the most common type of computer printer for the general consumerFact|date=November 2007 due to their low cost,… …   Wikipedia

  • Kodak Ultima — is a brand of photo paper for inkjet printers sold by Eastman Kodak.Paper longevity testingKodak claims that Ultima picture paper had been tested to last 162 years. This was disputed by Wilhelm Imaging Research, who claimed that it only lasted… …   Wikipedia

  • Print permanence — refers to the longevity of printed material, especially photographs, and preservation issues. Over time, the optical density, color balance, lustre, and other qualities of a print will degrade. The rate at which deterioration occurs depends… …   Wikipedia

  • Kodachrome — Infobox Photographic film name = Kodachrome maker = Eastman Kodak type = s speed = 6/9°, 25/15°, 40/17°, 64/19°, 200/24° format = 16mm, 8mm, 35mm process = K 14 process start = 1935 stop = 2002 (ISO 25), 2005 (ISO 40 in 8 mm), 2007 (ISO 200),… …   Wikipedia

  • Super-8 — ist ein Schmalfilm Filmformat, das im Herbst 1964 von Kodak vorgestellt und im Mai 1965 eingeführt wurde. Hauptsächlich war dieses Filmformat für den privaten Bereich gedacht, um Familienfeste oder Urlaube in bewegten Bildern festzuhalten. In… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Super-8-Film — Super 8 ist ein Schmalfilm Filmformat, das im Herbst 1964 von Kodak vorgestellt und im Mai 1965 eingeführt wurde. Hauptsächlich war dieses Filmformat für den privaten Bereich gedacht, um Familienfeste oder Urlaube in bewegten Bildern festzuhalten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”