| MACY
LAWRENCE |
Macy
Lawrence is president of PhotoArk, chief operations officer,
central processing unit and minister of visionary affairs.
Macy's
professional career spans nearly 40 years of involvement in
several disiciplines, including engineering, scientific research,
business and education. He has been a research technician
at MIT, Director of NE School of Photography, Acting Head
of the Photojournalism Dept. at BU, Director of Imageworks
School of Photography and Related Media, and Department Manager
at Boris and Spectrum Color Labs. Later, Macy established
M. Lawrence & Assoc., which provided production support services
to such accounts as Brookstone, NEC Computers, and Merco Food
Packaging.
As President of PhotoArk, Macy is able to make use of both
the scientific and the photographic aspects of his background
to conserve a threatened historic resource.
As
a photographer, his work is represented in the permanent collections
of the George Eastman House, the Fogg Museum and the Polaroid
Collection. |
| LYNN
BOHANON |
Lynn
Bohannon is a professional photographer who has been in the
business for several years. At PhotoArk, Lynn takes care of
traditional photographic assignments. She has her own studio,
East End Photography Studio, in Woodstock, Vermont. |
| SHERM
HOWE |
Sherman
Howe integrates a rare fusion of talents and experience that
perfectly suits him to advise PhotoArk clients - especially
museums and historical societies - on the proper handling
of their historical photo collections. The senior member of
the PhotoArk staff combines 40 years of work as a photographer
and a photo technician with a background as a successful curator.
As
curator of the Woodstock (VT) Historical Society’s Photo Collection,
Howe took over a collection of thousands of deteriorating
images that were not catalogued. His voice was instrumental
in convincing the society’s board of directors to make copy
prints which he then catalogued and gave a variety of layers
of protection, including the initiation of a digitization
program that is continuing.
Recognized
as a highly accomplished conservator, Howe has also consulted
and advised to preserve and conserve collections held by the
Billings Farm Library, the Billings Family, and the personal
photo treasury of Mary French Rockefeller. All of these images
are now part of the Billings-Marsh National Park collections.
As a conservator, Howe has also worked on the Barnard (VT)
Historical Society collection. And he has consulted with numerous
other historical societies throughout Vermont on their collections.
Howe’s
background as a conservator along with his command of photographic
and computer technology integrates expertise in collection
management with the newest technical developments to provide
our clients with affordable, high quality, cutting edge methods
for preservation, for productive utilization by scholars,
and for promotion of their photo resources. He recently updated
his expertise by attending advanced workshops in digitization
sponsored by the Rochester Institute of Technology and the
George Eastman Institute. |
| CHARLIE
RATTIGAN |
Charles
Rattigan works with PhotoArk on video production projects. His
work as a documentary film maker and video producer has been
seen on PBS and Vermont Public Television. His living history
documentary about Calvin Coolidge, "More Than Two Words,"
is used in classrooms throughout the US. |
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