Emulsja

Marta Przybyło-Ibadullajev, Magdalena Święch, Patrycja Wojtas, Monika Supruniuk, Sławomir Sikora, Anna Micińska, Krzysztof Rowiński

Over 80 illustrations -- archival photographs and selected contemporary works -- reflect on the potential hidden in old, damaged photographs. The book is dedicated to the physicality of photography and the phenomenon of materiality in the digital era and, particularly, how traces of various forms of physical destruction both distort the original messages but also give them new meanings. The idea originated while working on a collection of photographs on celluloid and glass negatives by Stefan Burschego (1887-1940), which showed a wide spectrum of types of conservation/destruction. It features works from APF, the National Film Archive, Museum of History of Photography and the Shalom Foundation archives that are examples of various types of damage/devastation. Image flaws shown include: mechanical damages (scratches, stains, cracks), chemical damages (processing gone wrong),...