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BITS & CHIPS anyone else the pictures of our feet or the ceiling, just that we keep them. Right now JPEG and TIFF seem to be the most common formats that everyone can open and I guess we just have to hope that someone keeps that old copy of Photoshop 3 running on a computer somewhere so the person that is still working from your old Eisenhower era desk can open your campus photos in the year 2067. What about archiving RAW files? The general thinking seems to be that we should keep the original camera files but if we shoot RAW format we should also archive a set in TIFF or JPEG format also. I am glad that DVDs are under a buck each now (www.rima.com), as a Shakespeare In The Park production that I just shot in RAW format was 9.7 GB of data once I converted it to TIFF files. Where do we store the data? A folder on our desktop is mighty handy but I have yet to find a hard drive that wasn't looking for a reason to loose my files. The Technical Advisory Service for Images in the UK has done quite a bit of research (see, not all government grant money is wasted). You can get the results of the TASI study at www.tasi.ac.uk/ In short, use high quality, gold discs, make two copies of everything and plan to copy everything over to new media every 5 years. Making two copies does not do much good if we put them both in the same desk drawer so we should really have a system that keeps at least one set in a fire vault, preferable somewhere off site. And while we are at it, throw out the Sharpie markers, the stick on labels and even the inkjet printable discs. The solvents in the markers and labels have already been shown to have long term etching effects on the surface of the disc. To be considered archival don't mark the disc at all or confine yourself to a fine point Sharpie on the clear inner ring of the disc. At my shop we keep one copy of the original files on our server's hard drives because it is so handy and a second copy on a gold DVD in a fire safe. This seems to be about the midpoint from what I heard at the Symposium. After considering the risks and the costs I have decided that a good work-study student job will be making a second set of verified discs that I can store off campus. One issue where there seemed to be little consensus was delivering the files for publication or other uses. Most of us seem to want to release only corrected files that are tuned for the intended use but many also said that time and insistent customers sometimes prevailed. Some university photographers are in a position that allows them very close control of the files while many of us have less control and some have situations where the designers just dig through the hard drive and pick whatever they want. It looks like this part of digital workflow is still a long way from being settled on many campuses. Do you have a portable USB drive for transferring batches of files or making important backups? As handy as that can be there are now several cheap adapters out there for transferring data from a digital camera directly to any USB device including that USB drive. The adapters cost about $40 vs the $400 for a Nikon Coolwalker. The Macally Syncbox is the one that I drooled over. The various digital wallets like the Coolwalker do have other features like a LCD to view your images but if you have a USB drive on hand this might save you some bucks. If your boss really loves you then you might try ordering a $300 iPod and the $100 Belkin adapter that lets you move files from a Compact Flash card to the iPod. At least you could listen to your tunes while you work at your new job vacuuming the V-Ps office! Mark Philbrick/BYU 22 UPAA Contact Sheet
LATENT IMAGE Vanderbilt Photographer Gerald Holly dies Gerald Holly, who captured on film 15 years of Vanderbilt growth, beauty and history after retiring from a lengthy and distinguished career in journalism that included publication of pictures in some of the nation’s top magazines, died May 19 at his Nashville home after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Holly, 87, was considered an artist at “composing” a photograph and was especially fond of including people in his pictures. Wearing his trademark beret, Holly was often seen roaming the campus with his camera, looking for unusual pictures. His perceptive eye was responsible for some of the most creative photographs ever made at Vanderbilt. Holly ”Gerald’s excellence as a photographer complemented Vanderbilt’s excellence as a University,” said Jeff Carr, vice chancellor for university relations, emeritus; general counsel, emeritus; and secretary of the university, emeritus. “His superb photographs recorded the campus and its people in an enduring way that will forever be a part of the University’s history.” Holly was hired as a photographer for Vanderbilt University Publications and Design in September of 1983. He took pictures for countless University periodicals, brochures and catalogues over the years. His last photos for Publications and Design were taken in December 1997, when Parkinson’s disease forced him to take disability status. A number of his framed shots remain on the walls in Suite 850 of the Baker Building. There is even a 1995 photo of the entire staff of Publications and Design, including Holly, that he took with a self-timer on the roof of the Baker Building, according to Judy Orr, assistant vice chancellor for Creative Services. His photographs can also be seen in a number of offices around campus and throughout Nashville. Prior to coming to Vanderbilt, Holly Wearing his trademark beret, Holly was often seen roaming the campus with his camera, looking for unusual pictures. worked as a staff photographer for The Tennessean for 30 years. Holly also was a 15-year stringer for the Black Star Agency in New York. He was one of the photographers commissioned for the 1986 book Tennessee: A Homecoming. One of Holly’s pictures appeared on the cover of Time magazine. His photos also made the pages of National Geographic, Life, Newsweek and Forbes magazines. In January of 1987, the Vanderbilt Department of Fine Arts presented an exhibit of Holly’s photographs. The exhibition was retrospective, with some 50 photographs made throughout his professional career. The exhibit included portraits, feature shots and nature pictures. About half the pictures were of Vanderbilt campus subjects. The same exhibit was shown later at the Cobblestone Gallery and Mills Bookstore in Hillsboro Village. Two of Holly’s photographs were awarded medals in annual competitions sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). One award-winning photo appeared in the spring 1987 issue of the Vanderbilt Magazine and the other appeared in the 1987-88 Law School catalogue. In 1991 Holly received a President’s Publication Award in the annual University Photographers of America print competition for photos that appeared in a group of Vanderbilt brochures and posters. Holly once taught at a University of Missouri workshop for photojournalism and also taught photography classes at Nashville Tech. A native of Marshall County, Holly was born on May 7, 1917 to T.C. and Flossie Luna Holly. He graduated from Cornersville High School and attended Watkins Institute in Nashville. He also served in the U.S. Navy. Holly is survived by his wife of 36 years, Paulette Burger Holly. He also has three daughters, Alice Carlyn McGhee, Joy Holly and Carol Ann Scarborough; and two sons, Thomas Holly Jr. and Joshua Holly. In addition, he has a sister, Lurline Turner, and four grandchildren. Printed with permission from the Vanderbilt Register. The original publication date was May 24, 2004. UPAA Contact Sheet 23
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