There is not enough time to save all the images that are being destroyed in the image archives. Jonas Sjöberg has run Sjöberg image agency for over two decades. Here is his best advice.
Image archives are everywhere. At companies, associations, theaters, museums, etc. There are images preserved for the future. Image archives that tell a story. A timeline. Something valuable to pass on. Soon that opportunity will no longer exist.
Jonas Sjöberg : Time is running out for many holders of historical imagery. Many factors cause images to be destroyed in archives. The main thing that accelerates the destruction of images is where and how the images are archived.
My advice is to take inventory of the image archive and prioritize the images that visually have material that is in degeneration. If the images are considered worth keeping, they should be scanned and moved to permanent archive material.
The picture of the happy woman with umbrella, sheep represents the strategy Sjöberg Bildbyrå works according to. This includes prioritization and conservation to save the images that are about to be destroyed. The image was found in the archive during an inventory of photographer KG Kristoffersson's image archive.
Jonas Sjöberg is an advisor and consultant in the field of Digital Asset Management, with many years of experience in analyzing and shaping solutions for the content in the flow of images. Experience in guiding owners of physical images and designing strategies for managing and storing their images in new user-friendly and future-proof structures.