* { box-sizing: border-box; } .img-container { float: left; width: 33.33%; padding: 5px; } .clearfix::after { content: ""; clear: both; display: table; } A pair of black leather high top athletic shoes, c. 1920s, photographed in three ways to capture all of their characteristics. In my last blog installment, I announced the 2022 Digital Photography Project that is run with the assistance of...

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I am retiring this summer and thought my last conservation treatment should connect to the first one. Thirty-four years ago I was hired to work on the women’s 18th century collection. It was a unique moment, as there was a BSM collection but no exhibition space. Myself and another conservator conserved the footwear that was most in need of intervention. These shoes were...

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This summer I am joined by Emma Pakstas and Eric Watters, both graduate students in Toronto Metropolitan University’s Photography Preservation and Collections Management program at the Creative School. Their work with me on the Digital Photography Project here at the Bata Shoe Museum is funded in part by the Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations program, Government of Canada. Shooting in high resolution...

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