Step 01
Photograph
Each work is carefully photographed at ultra-high resolution to capture the physical details of the original artifact.
Archive · Photography · Fine-Art Prints
Historic texts preserved through photography.
The Photographic Archive of Cultural Texts captures historic books, sheet music, ephemera and other printed artifacts at ultra-high resolution—preserving an extraordinary visual record of the physical text.
How the photographs are made →
Step 02
Archive
Each photographic record receives a PACT catalogue number and is made viewable online at an appropriate web resolution.
Step 03
Selected photographs are printed on museum-grade archival paper at 18 × 24, 24 × 36 or 40 × 60 inches.
The project
The project exists in two closely related forms.
The Archive
Every photographed object receives a catalogue record and a web-accessible image that can be explored.
Enter the archive →The Prints
Selected photographs are produced as large-scale archival prints that reveal extraordinary detail.
View the prints →