http://blog.epa.gov/epplocations/2012/06/match-me-if-you-can-lake-washington-wa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=match-me-if-you-can-lake-washington-wa EPA's State of the Environment Photo Project Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:54:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.epa.gov/epplocations/2012/06/match-me-if-you-can-lake-washington-wa/comment-page-1/#comment-97 jfalvey Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:11:12 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/epplocations/?p=1697#comment-97 Great question! This has been a concern voiced by many, particularly by the original photographers who worked hard to take such good quality images. Where you see that tint of magenta or orange, that is from a scan of the “duplicate set” that was not stored in a climate controlled room. The National Archives does have an original set that was stored much more carefully, which we were all relieved to hear. So yes, better versions do exist in their original quality! There are thousands to go through and that is part of the fun right now, it is an ongoing effort and you are each seeing as much as we (EPA and NARA) know as we go through them again for the first time in four decades. It really feels like buried treasure. Roger Archibald wrote a great article about this and has been closely following the question of how the slides were stored: http://www.sej.org/publications/sejournal/documerica-lost-and-found.
I hope that helps and thanks again for the question! ~Jeanethe Falvey, EPA project lead

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/epplocations/2012/06/match-me-if-you-can-lake-washington-wa/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Anonymous Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:50:00 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/epplocations/?p=1697#comment-96 I love the idea of Documerica but the quality of these photos is just so bad. Were the prints stored in someone’s hot, stuffy attic all this time?

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