Archival appraisal of photography in the archives

Cilj rada je predstaviti različite pristupe vrednovanju fotografskoga gradiva i prikazati procese koje svaki od tih pristupa zahtjeva prilikom vrednovanja. Također je opisana sama fotografija sa svojim povijesnim pregledom i pregledom današnjeg korištenja. Predstavljen je proces njezine digitalizacije, potrebna oprema i proces obrade nakon digitalizacije. U istraživačkom dijelu rada odabrani arhivi za usporedbu su iz država iz kojih su proizašli Jenkinsonov i Schellenbergov pristup vrednovanju, a kao treći arhiv za usporedbu je Hrvatski državni arhiv. Ovakav uzorak je odabran kako bi se prikazale razlike u procesima vrednovanja fotografskog gradiva u arhivima. Za svaki od arhiva je naveden kratak povijesni pregled, pristup vrednovanju i proces digitalizacije te je na kraju dana usporedba fotografskih zbirki svakog arhiva iz perspektive njihove mrežne dostupnosti. Na kraju su opisani i sami opusi zbirki.The aim of this thesis is to present various appraisal approaches of photographic materials and to present the processes that each of these approaches require during appraisal. The photograph as a medium, along with the overview of its historical development and today's use is described. The process of its digitisation, necessary equipment, and processing after digitisation are presented. In the research part of the thesis the selected archives for comparison are from the countries from which Jenkinson's and Schellenberg's approach to appraisal originated, while the third archive selected for comparison is the Croatian State Archives. This sample was chosen in order to show differences in processes of appraisal of photographic materials in the archives. For each of the archives, a brief historical overview, approach to appraisal, and digitisation process are given as well as a comparison of photographic collections of each archive from the perspective of network availability. In the end, the characteristics of the collections are described