- 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 companiesLexmark ,Hewlett-Packard ,Fuji , andEpson ; additionally, theBill Gates ' ownedCorbis Corporation in New York City, owner of the 20 million imageBettmann Archive .Wilhelm himself serves on several boards and associations in the photographic and digital media fields, including the Board of Editorial Advisors forPhoto-Electronic Imaging magazine, the Photographic Materials Group of theAmerican Institute for Conservation , and theAmerican 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]
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