An Archive

An Archive

Scientific archives being thrown away, buildings getting a facelift, digital images taken with the oldest lens – what lasts? What is real in a souvenir?

Electron micrography plates 6x9cm 195?-196?

the plates were exposed directly in the microscopes; the photographic emulsion is also sensitive to electrons.

the laboratory where they were recorded no longer exists

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Digital pinhole photographies

digital SLR with a 250-micron pinhole, for exposure times of a few seconds

buildings that underwent extensive renovation 10 years ago

and a personal view of the laboratory where I found the plates