A Transformative Process: Scanning Team Focus
From newspapers to billboards and table mats to set design, find out more about the people responsible for ensuring Bridgeman imagery is the highest possible quality prior to being licensed and taken on a life of its own.
Jenny Page celebrates 20 years at Bridgeman
Picture Research Manager Jenny Page knows the archive better than anyone. We get her to reveal her favourite images.
Read moreSimon Marsden (1948 - 2012)
It is with great sadness that Bridgeman announces the passing of Simon Marsden, an artist with whom we have worked for many years, specialising in black and white spooky photography.
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Additional services provided by the Bridgeman scanning team
- Provide details and cut outs on request
- Supply the client with larger file size if required
- Remove frame shadows, spotting, any other blemishes
- Supply printed proofs alongside the digital file if necessary
- Colour black and white engravings and sepia tone old photographs (see below)
- Check first printer proofs from clients for orientation, colour quality, cropping and advise accordingly
We hold transparencies as well as high resolution files and thus we are in the unique position of being able to go back to the original photography.
Quality Control:
Working with Artist's Estates
Dave Nicol has been with Bridgeman for eight years and heads up the scanning department. Two ICG colour drum scanners speedily produce the highest quality scans of all types of transparencies.
The team has built up reciprocal relationships with key artists’ estates, including those of Picasso, Mondrian, Chagall and Matisse. This enables expert quality advice on inaccessible artworks during tight deadlines. Visits to exhibitions with image proofs in hand also help the team compare digital files directly with the original works of art.