RICHES at Europeana Photography Final Conference

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IMG_3788Neil Forbes, RICHES Project Coordinator, presented the project during the Final Conference of Europeana Photography, which took place in Leuven on 29-30 January 2015, hosted by CS Digital (KU Leuven) and the Lieven Gevaert Centre for Photography in Campus Library Arenberg.

 

 

aoy_belgium_banner_popupThe conference, called “The Impact of Digitization on Photographic Heritage: Memories Reframed, brought together scholars from the field of photography and professionals from photo-archives, in order to develop an understanding of responsible archival practices towards photographic heritage in the context of the promotion of public access through digital portals.

 

At the end of the conference, an official vernissage celebrated the Belgian edition of All Our Yesterdays, that will be opened in the period 1 February – 15 March 2015.

 

For more information on the Europeana Photography conference visit this article.

 

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