The conference dedicated the anniversary of the birth of "Exploratory" Photography and Scientific Inquiry of Documents in Russia

Conference topics:
• History of the national museum, archival and criminalistic departments, history of the development of document expertise methods in Russia;
• Questions of the authenticity of photographic documents, dating and attributing of photographs, technological and art historical expertise of historical photography;
• General principles of expertise;
• Theory and methodology of historical documents expertise, expertise of museum items, art works and archaeological monuments;
• Technological, graphological, historical expertise of documents, photographic and optoelectronic methods of the expertise of documents and museum items, modern technologies and equipment for the expertise of documents and museum items, equipment for scientific digitalization of monuments.

Conference includes plenary and break-out sessions, exhibition and presentations of expertise equipment.
Conference will be followed by the publication of collected works.

Participation in the conference is free of charge.

Conference is open for specialists and everyone interested in photography and expertise.

Contact information:

Grigory Shein

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Tel: +7 (812) 314-12-14 (local: 118)