The Safeguard of Photographic Patrimony    

Arab Images Foundation is a unique company in its genre and a leader in the domain of photographs restoration, preservation and digital images archiving in the Arab World.

Since photography was invented in 1839 numerous different processes have been used to make photographs. The ageing processes of the products of each system are many and varied, and depend upon the chemical processes used: some decompose, some become discoloured, and nearly all are sensitive to temperature and humidity.

Providing and managing projects: restoration and preservation of photographic collections.

Creating and cataloguing the digital images. Distribution of digitised photographic collections on the network.

Drawing up a description of the state of photographic archives, in order to formulate a policy for their preservation.

Restoration and Conservation

The restoration of photographic documents is a recent skill, which observes the same methodology as is used in the treatment applied for the preservation of cultural assets. The prints will be mounted under mat-boards and conserved in a portfolio-box. (All the material to be used is acid and alkaline free.)

Images Management System

The digitisation will be done once at high resolution to response to all what users need. Since that, the images will be easily accessible, and will permit a better conservation of the original photographs, because it'll be less manipulated.

A standard database system will be used for cataloguing and distribution of the collection; we can also offer you a complete solution for managing and archiving the digital images. The metadata will be in two languages, Arabic and English.

Contact us for a quotation...  info@arabimages.com

(Information to be provided in goal to offer you the best service):

•  How many pictures do you dispose in your collection?

•  What's the type of the first support?

•  What's the size of the pictures?

•  Who's the author?

•  What's the creation dates?

•  The prints are mounted on a second support?

•  In which kind of container the prints are stoked?

•  How is the actual conservation condition?

•  Do you have a methodical reference for the collection prints?

•  The collection, is-it indexed?

•  Do you have documentation on the photographs?

•  Who is the copyright owner of the images?

•  Do you have the staff members with good skill to manage the collection?

•  What is your time frame?