Caroline Garratt

A black and white photo of a woman in a costume dressed as a mountain with snow on it and a pointy star headdress

The Digby/Woolf Project is wrapping up…

For almost two years, Te Papa has been digitising the Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf collection of photographic negatives. Now the project has reached the end of its funding, here’s some highlights from the current team members. Read more

By: Alexander Gordon, Cassandra Bahr, Ish Doney, Ashleigh James-McKenna, Caroline Garratt and Cecy Esparza

On: 4 Oct 2023

In: Behind the scenes, Photography

A negative image of a photographic portrait of a woman in a photographic studio.

Identifying cellulose nitrate film while cataloging our collections

How do we identify one transparent film support from another more dangerous one? This was a challenge posed to staff working with the Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf Collection of photographic negatives. Conservator Photography Caroline Garratt describes the issues they face and the technology that helps them.Read more

By: Caroline Garratt

On: 6 Mar 2023

In: Behind the scenes, Photography

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