Photo Collections Research Articles

Documentation of Ornamental Flora of Balkumari College

The practice of decorating home Garden, temples, public parks, hotels, college and other places by ornamental plants have been known from ancient time. These plants are advantageous as they are so applicable for aesthetic purpose in landscaping and also provide fresh air to breathe. The study was destined to document about the circumstances of ornamental plants of Balkumari College. Information's were collected by direct observation questionnaires, interview, and photographic collection. 54 ornamental plants were documented belonging to 38 families. Out of them, 26 plants belong to the herbs .13 plants were shrubs and 10 plants were documented as trees whereas 5 plants were climbers. As 22 plants had entire plants as ornamental values, 28 plants are documented as flowers, as ornamental parts 3 plants had leaves as ornamental part only one plant had fruit, as ornamental part. Out of 54 plants, 42 plants were reported as perennial and 12 plants as annual growing pattern out of all documented plants, 39 plants were available throughout the year 14 plants were cultivated in winter season and only one plant cultivated in the summer season.

Dorn-Severini Historic Photography Collection Donated to Monmouth University

In December 2019, Kathy Dorn Severini and George Severini, residents of Fair Haven, NJ, donated a collection of photographic images to Monmouth University, a private, comprehensive 4-year institution in West Long Branch, NJ, located about a mile from the Atlantic Ocean. With a 2019 enrollment of 6,167, the University offers undergraduate and graduate programs across all traditional disciplines, as well as a Doctorate in Nursing Practice and an Ed. D. program. Monmouth University is a Grammy Museum affiliate, offers a Peace Corps Prep program that is unique in New Jersey, and is the home to the Monmouth Polling Institute.

Creating Change from within: Building and Discovering a Diverse Archive of Documentary Arts

Using the Duke University’s Archive of Documentary Arts as a case study, this paper will examine acquisition and cataloging strategies that can be applied within the structure of an existing special collections library in order to develop diverse and inclusive photography collections.

Feature Learning Approach for Facial Recognition Using Deep Metric Learning

Standard deep learning in the context of facial recognition involves inputting a single image and outputting a label for that image. Deep metric learning distinguishes itself by outputting a real valued feature vector instead of a single label. The usage of deep metric learning has revolutionised facial recognition, making it very accurate and reliable. This paper exhibits the accuracy and reliability of the facial recognition model using deep metric learning in the application of an automated attendance system. The paper presents a non-intrusive attendance system which uses the described neural network to recognize faces and record attendance. The system uses the pre-trained neural network to generate embeddings for faces, using a method known as the triple training step, which is described in the paper. These embeddings are generated from a collection of photos per person. After the embeddings are generated, the system is ready to perform facial recognition on sample photos. CNN is used for facial detection in the sample group photos. Once the faces are detected, a KNN classifier is used for recognizing faces. Finally after the faces are recognized, the attendance for each recognized student is marked in the database. Thus, the whole process of attendance was automated without the requirement of human interaction.

Проблемы хранения технотронных документов в архивах Тувы

В статье анализируются проблемы организации хранения технотронных документов (имеющих техническое происхождение) в архивах Тувы. Источниковой базой исследования стали технотронные документы Национального архива (до 07.04.2020 г. — Государственного архива) Республики Тыва, Национального музея им. Алдан-Маадыр Республики Тыва, а также органов государственной власти и управления Тувы. Огромный пласт кино-фоно-фотодокументов был создан в результате документальной и художественной фотосъемки, документального и художественного кинодокументирования. Также в архивах Тувы хранятся электронные документы.Хранение фотодокументов в главном архиве республики организовано аналогично другим архивам кино-фото-документов. Но здесь есть ряд проблем: отсутствие четкого фондирования (например, часть фотодокументов объединены с фондами личного происхождения); проблемы соблюдения температурно-влажностного режима хранилищ для сохранности фото- и фонодокументов; неправильное хранение негативов; проблемы создание страховых копий, создание фонда пользования; проблемы оцифровки фото- и фонодокументов; проблемы хранения электронных документов. Здесь, очевидно, необходимо организовать Центр хранения технотронных документов.Актуальная задача Национального музея им. Алдан-Маадыр Республики Тыва — составление каталога, реестра фотодокументов фотофонда. Для архивов органов государственной власти и управления Тувы, в которых сегодня производится достаточно много аудиовизуальных документов, важная проблема — организация их правильного хранения.

Зримая история Тувы в фотодокументах Национального архива Республики Тыва

В статье проанализирован состав фотодокументов Национального архива (до 07.04.2020 г. — Государственного архива) Республики Тыва, произведена их классификация, дана подробная характеристика основных коллекций, в состав которых входят фотодокументы. В архиве хранятся 4466 негативов-оригиналов, 5115 позитивных отпечатков, из которых 1832 фотоотпечатка сформированы в 24 тематических альбома, а также 95 единиц учета (файлов), записанных на компакт-дисках.Прием фотодокументов в архиве осуществлялся с 1989 г. Основные источники пополнения: организации республики, граждане. Также архив собирает путем инициативного документирования. Классификация фотодокументов проведена по функциональному (целевому) назначению, по цвету изображения, по материальной основе носителя и пр. Также документы можно разделить на событийные фотографии (около 35%); портретные фотографии (около 39%); видовые фотографии, определенные предметы на местности и т. д. (около 25%). Наиболее востребованными являются фотодокументы периода Урянхайского края (1914–1921) и Тувинской Народной Республики (1921–1944), входящие в состав нескольких фондов.Более известны фотодокументы архивного фонда «Коллекция фотодокументов по истории Тувы» (1913–1940 гг.) краеведа В. П. Ермолаева. Но есть также много фотодокументов государственных деятелей, рядовых тружеников, а также людей, внесших существенный вклад в развитие республики. Все они являются важными источниками изучения истории Тувы.Текст статьи иллюстрирован рядом фотографий из фондов архива.

Moving and Moved

In 1998, the recently established Gay and Lesbian Archives of South Africa acquired about 600 photographs depicting a group of individuals assigned male at birth, who presented and expressed themselves according to conventions of femininity. The girls, as they called themselves, were classified as “Coloured” under apartheid and lived in District Six, Cape Town, when it was declared “Whites Only” in 1966, after which approximately 60,000 residents were forcibly removed as the area was almost completely bulldozed. This collection of photographs has become somewhat embedded in descriptions of the district as home to a way of life or culture, variously described as “gay” or “queer,” generally accepted if not celebrated by its wider community. Drawing on audio recordings featuring their collector, Kewpie, and remaining attentive to the differing and at times contradictory ways Kewpie presents herself, the girls, and District Six more broadly, this article proposes an alternative reading of the Kewpie Photographic Collection, as it is now known. Privileging the creative as opposed to the documentary function of photography and oral testimony, Ramsden-Karelse proposes that Kewpie uses both to make and remake the world around her, as part of what the author understands to be a larger collaborative project.

From preservation to sharing: photography and the design of new museum practices at the Théo Brandão Museum of Anthropology and Folklore

This research discusses restitution practices in museum institutions based on the work of sharing a set of photographs from the collection of the Théo Brandão Museum of Anthropology and Folklore (MTB) of Federal University of Alagoas. We select the “Guerreiro” subseries, a document of the most emblematic play in the state of Alagoas. While these photographs are products of meaning in a specific intellectual context, the regional movements and policies for the defense and promotion of folklore, it is also known that the classificatory and informative framework in museum objects is always transitory and procedural. As interviews with masters and coordinators of Guerreiros’ groups active in Maceió expand the possibilities of interpretations of this collection, they point out issues such as living conditions, migrations, gender roles and authorship, while also providing opportunities for reflections that lead to the design of new museum practices. Key-words: Photographic collection; Guerreiro; Alagoas

The MAE RAS Photo Collections as a Source of Information on the History of Textile Production in Japan in the Third Quarter of the 19th — First Quarter of the 20th Centuries

The MAE RAS Photo Collections as a Source of Information on the History of Textile Production in Japan in the Third Quarter of the 19th — First Quarter of the 20th Centuries

Rapid identification of cellulose nitrate and cellulose acetate film in historic photograph collections

Cellulose nitrate transparent plastic film was used by photographers and movie filmmakers from its release in the 1880s to the 1950s. The storage of this material is a challenge for cultural institutions because of its instability and hazardous nature, as nitrate is highly flammable and deteriorates over time. Historically, cellulose acetate gradually began to replace cellulose nitrate as it is not flammable. Despite its non-flammable properties, leading to cellulose acetate being called ‘safety’ film, over time it became clear that it also deteriorates in hazardous ways. Identification of cellulose nitrate and cellulose acetate in collections is necessary for preservation and risk management to collections and humans. Both cellulose nitrate and cellulose acetate are found in gallery, library, archive and museum photographic collections. As a result, identification and management of this material might be the responsibility of curators, librarians, archivists, collection managers, registrars or conservators, depending on the institution staffing and structure. Currently, there is no single identification method readily available to heritage institutions that meets the requirements to identify and distinguish between cellulose nitrate and cellulose acetate reliably, non-destructively and rapidly. In this study samples from both the Sydney University Museums and Australian National Maritime Museum collections have been analysed using infrared total reflectance spectroscopy, a novel approach which demonstrates great potential for rapid and non-invasive identification particularly when combined with multivariate statistical analysis methods. Principal component analysis (PCA) allowed for non-subjective data mining and the development of a model which is hoped to be used in the future for predicting sample identification. After calculation of the PCA model, the novel application of the Parsimax orthogonal rotation method potentially provides a means of determining the level of chemical deterioration in the cellulose nitrate film.

The Healthy Nurse: Identifying Barriers to Healthy Eating at Work.

To identify the barriers to healthy eating in a nurse's work environment by utilizing the PhotoVoice method, a self-report survey, and semi-structured interviews. Recruitment of participants consisted of friends and acquaintances (i.e., convenience sample) that are current nurses in the field. Research design comprised of three parts: photo collection, a self-report survey, and individual semi-structured interviews. Participants used PhotoVoice to take pictures of their experiences and environment. This tool focused on barriers, strengths and weaknesses. Participants were allotted two weeks to collect pictures, and used personal devices such as a cell phone. Pictures were then sent directly to the researcher via email and securely stored. Surveys were administered by Qualtrics to each participant to complete on their own time. The self-report survey was a compilation of variables the researcher sought to analyze: nutrition habits, mental and emotional health, physical health, and demographics. During the interviews, the participants explained and discussed their photographs. A list of follow-up questions were constructed to provide supplemental information. Each interview was completed under 30 minutes. Participants were informed the interviews were audio recorded, and were later transcribed verbatim by the researcher. The final sample size concluded 6 participants. Over half the nurses worked in a hospital setting. Common themes to barriers comprised of inconsistent break patterns, lack of availability and quality of food, and the abundance of accessible unhealthy options. Participant recommendations included bringing in healthier options, easier access and availability to healthy food, a nurse buddy system and accountability among staff. Attention and research are lacking in this area and further studies are necessary to shine light on the importance of a nurse's health. Future organizational support for nurses involves an extension on cafeteria hours to allow all shifts to obtain quality food, ordering healthier options, allow for water bottles or dispensers to be heavily present and to implement a plan for sufficient breaks. There was not a need for funding.

Teknik sinematografi praktis menggunakan smartphone bagi dosen pengabdi di Universitas Negeri Makassar

Experiences from the fields of science cultivated by lecturers can be poured into teaching materials, textbooks, reference books, research materials, study materials, and the like that are full of benefits. The benefit of this training is to help the devoted lecturers in making compulsory outcomes from community service activities in the form of making videos. Video making material in the form of a collection of photos and videos that are owned so that it will become a digital archive that can be enjoyed by everyone. For this reason, cinematographic basic techniques are needed as a basic principle so that lecturers can process their photos and videos so they can talk a lot in accordance with the desired motivation. The steps are in the form of (1) smartphone settings (2) picture taking technique (3) narration making (4) editing technique (5) uploading to YouTube social media. Through the implementation of the Community Partnership Program it can be seen that the interest and enthusiasm of lecturers in Makassar State University is very high to learn and maximize the functions and features of smartphones, basic techniques for taking good pictures, how to process and edit video with a smartphone, to feel First experience of uploading videos to YouTube social media.

The importance of the photographic collection conservation for the Geography: understanding the present looking at the past

Este estudio tiene por objetivo destacar la importancia del uso de fotografías en estudios geográficos y la preservación de acervos de imágenes antiguas. Presentando, como ejemplo, un análisis de la expansión agrícola en los municipios de Jataí y Serranópolis, en el estado de Goiás, Brasil. Para ello se recogieron datos de área plantada y producción agrícola en los municipios; realización de investigación de campo en los museos históricos de esos municipios para la recolección de fotografías y noticias en periódicos y revistas antiguas. Posteriormente se hizo un análisis de los datos agrícolas correlacionados con las imágenes en noticias de periódicos y revistas antiguas. Los resultados mostraron cómo las fotografías, tanto individuales o en noticieros, pueden ayudar a entender los procesos de cambio en las actividades agrícolas. Además, muestra la importancia de la conservación de este material para estudios geográficos.

O uso da planta Cissus Verticillata (Insulina) no tratamento do Diabetes Mellitus, em uma comunidade costeira do Pará, Amazônia, Brasil

A Bacia do Rio Caeté, localizada na mesorregião nordeste do Estado do Pará, apresenta um grande número de espécies vegetais disponíveis, sendo utilizadas pelos moradores das comunidades ribeirinhas, porém, muitas plantas ainda não foram identificadas ou registrados os usos tradicionais. O presente artigo objetivou caracterizar os usos terapêuticos da “Insulina” Cissus verticillata (L.) Nicholson & C. E. Jarvis na Comunidade de Ponta de Urumajó - PA, verificando sua eficácia para o tratamento de Diabetes mellitus. A pesquisa baseia-se numa abordagem metodológica qualitativa, por meio da pesquisa de campo, utilizando-se como técnicas de coleta de dados a aplicação de free listing, entrevistas com informantes-chave, aplicação de formulários, coleta de amostras vegetais, observação, gravação de vídeo e fotografias. Resultados apontam que a comunidade da Ponta do Urumajó demonstra grande arcabouço de saberes sobre plantas medicinais, utilizando-as das mais diversas formas, além é claro, de conhecer as práticas empregadas para o uso das espécies que serão usadas para o cuidado em saúde. A comunidade tem empregado o uso de Cissus verticillata amplamente, desconhecendo os seus efeitos tóxicos e os perigos de reações adversas. Nesse intuito, este trabalho tende a contribuir com o reconhecimento e valorização dos saberes e práticas locais de povos tradicionais da Amazônia e busca uma integração entre os conhecimentos científicos e tradicional para a consolidação de práticas de conservação da espécie, além de observar os princípios ativos presentes na planta, sua toxicidade e apontar caminhos para estudos fitoquímicos na produção de um fitoterápico que contenha o conteúdo químico de C. verticillata dando qualidade de vida aos pacientes diabéticos.

Nineteenth century glass manufacture and its effect on photographic glass stability

The Industrial Revolution led to mass production of many materials that naturally found their way into nineteenth century cultural heritage. One such material is flat glass, the manufacture of which underwent a succession of innovations that influenced the burgeoning field of photography. Results of historical research illustrate how changes in the glass industry contributed to the diversity of glass available to nineteenth century photographers either as cover glass in enclosures or as substrates. This information provides important context for limited surveys of nineteenth century photographic glass in two historical society collections using only microscopy and X-ray fluorescence (XRF). Survey results, plus microscopy, XRF, and OCT and analysis of historical and artificially aged model glass, provide new evidence about instability in glass in historical collections of photography, and underscore the potential for any type of nineteenth century glass to undergo progressive deterioration involving attack on the silicate network in adverse microclimates. Results have implications for both prioritisation of collection needs and conservation practices.

The Blackburn Collection of Photography from Polynesia at LACMA

The Blackburn Collection of Photography from Polynesia at LACMA

New metric products, movies, and 3D models from old stereopairs and their application to the in situ palaeontological site of Ambrona

3D modelling tools from photographic pictures have experienced significant improvements in the last years. One of the most outstanding changes is the spread of the photogrammetric systems based on algorithms referred to as Structure from Motion (SfM) in contrast with the traditional stereoscopic pairs. Nevertheless, the availability of important collections of stereoscopic registers collected during past decades invites us to explore the possibilities for re-using these photographs in order to generate new multimedia products, especially due to the fact that many of the documented elements have been largely altered or even disappeared. This article analyses an example of application to the re-use of a collection of photographs from the palaeontological site of Ambrona (Soria, Spain). More specifically, different pieces of software based on Structure from Motion (SfM) algorithms for the generation of 3D models with photographic textures are tested and some derived products such as orthoimages, video or applications of Augmented Reality (AR) are presented.

Waste Not, Want Not: Assessing the Environmental Sustainability of the University of Houston's Digital Preservation Program

Digitization projects of analog photographic collections are still growing in number, and therefore such assets of images become bigger continuously. Also, there is a strong trend towards open data and interfaces to access and reuse the image resources (FAIR data). To be able to search and find images in a repository, metadata of a certain depth must be existing. Typically, indexing and valorization, done by experts that know the (photographic) collections, is necessary to achieve such meta-information. There are various metadata standards based on different concepts for the description of collections. Some, like ISAD(G), are more related to the physical structure of archives, others, like CIDOC-CRM, take into account the content of the images in detail. Enhancing the depth of indexing increases the time necessary drastically. It is also a task that is not easily scalable because specific content related knowledge is necessary. With the assistance of artificial intelligence, historic photographic collections could potentially be enhanced with metadata semi-automatically. For the successful application of machine learning, it is essential to have robust training sets. In the presented paper, we show our observations in monitoring participants indexing historic collections of photographs. In the observations of workshops of people working with photographic heritage, it was monitored how single photographs but also image groups are described. Based on that knowledge, machine learning components can be trained and optimized for that particular type of source material. The demonstrated approach has the potential to support the work of valorization substantially. In addition, the approach has, to some extent, the potential to preserve the fundamental structures of knowledge of contemporary witnesses.

Protecting Geolocation Privacy of Photo Collections

People increasingly share personal information, including their photos and photo collections, on social media. This information, however, can compromise individual privacy, particularly as social media platforms use it to infer detailed models of user behavior, including tracking their location. We consider the specific issue of location privacy as potentially revealed by posting photo collections, which facilitate accurate geolocation with the help of deep learning methods even in the absence of geotags. One means to limit associated inadvertent geolocation privacy disclosure is by carefully pruning select photos from photo collections before these are posted publicly. We study this problem formally as a combinatorial optimization problem in the context of geolocation prediction facilitated by deep learning. We first demonstrate the complexity both by showing that a natural greedy algorithm can be arbitrarily bad and by proving that the problem is NP-Hard. We then exhibit an important tractable special case, as well as a more general approach based on mixed-integer linear programming. Through extensive experiments on real photo collections, we demonstrate that our approaches are indeed highly effective at preserving geolocation privacy.

The Diversity of Freshwater Fish Species in Way Sindalapai River, Liwa Botanical Garden, West Lampung

The diversity of freshwater fish in Way Sindalapai River is quite abundant but there has not been much study on the diversity of fish in Way Sindalapai River. This study aims to determine the diversity of freshwater fish species in Way Sindalapai River, Liwa Botanical Garden. The study began with a preliminary survey with a purposive sampling method and sampling was carried out at 3 sampling locations. The tools used in this study include fishing nets (gill nets), fishing rods, scoop, traditional fishing gear (raas), Global Positioning System (GPS), rulers, and cameras. The sampling points include upstream, middle, and downstream areas. The method used in sample identification is by measuring the morphometry of the samples directly at the sampling location which includes total length, standard length, head length, and height, and collection of fish samples photos. Research parameters and data analysis include environmental factors, the diversity index, the evenness index, and the dominance index. The results showed that 170 fishes were found, 8 species, 2 families, and 4 genera. The fish diversity index in the Way Sindalapai river is included in the medium category from the Shanon-Wiener index calculation results, starting from the upstream, middle, downstream, respectively 1.37; 1,34 and 1,22. Evenness index at all locations are included in the low category from the Shannon-Evenness index calculation results, respectively 0.16; 0.14; and 0.12. The dominance index at all locations is included in the low category based on Simpson's dominance index, which has a value of 0.35; 0.32; and 0.28. Based on the conservation status of the IUCN Red List, ichthyofauna in the Way Sindalapai river is 5 species of low risk (least concern) namely Barbodes microps (wader goa), Rasbora bunguranensis (seluang), Barbodes binotatus (wader cakul), Thynnichtys thynnoides (lumoh), Channa striata (bogo). One species that is critically endangered is Rasbora tawarensis (depik), and two species are lacking information (data deficient) namely Rasbora sumatrana (seluang), and Rasbora semilineata (seluang)