Guidelines for the restoration of photography - Seminar - JRC Restoration Conservation Centre

Conservation and Restoration

Guidelines for the restoration of photography.
Dialogue tools for conservation.

SEMINAR

11 March 2026
a.m. – 4.30 p.m.
Online

l project Guidelines for the restoration of photography. Conservation dialogue tools, promoted by Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture and from Fondazione Centro per la Conservazione e il Restauro dei Beni Culturali ‘La Venaria Reale’, was created with the aim of defining a shared framework of reference for the protection, restoration and conservation of the photographic heritage. In an area characterized by a strong heterogeneity of materials, techniques and conservation contexts, the project aims to promote a structured comparison between professionals, institutions, research centers and museums and archives, in order to identify common criteria, methodologies and operational tools.

From October 2025 to February 2026 took place the meetings of the technical-scientific table and the activities of the working groups, articulated on the main themes envisaged by the project: lexicon and documentation, restoration work, preventive and planned conservation, emergency management (first aid). This path of deepening and comparison has laid the foundations for a shared reflection that now opens up to the professional and scientific community.

The Seminar of 11 March 2026 represents a public moment of restitution, open to scholars, restorers, conservators and operators in the sector, and will take place online from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.

After the institutional greetings of Angelo Piero Cappello, Director General of Contemporary Creativity, and Alfonso FRUGIS, President of the JRC Foundation ‘La Venaria Reale’, the session of the morning It will be dedicated to the interventions of the working groups, which will present a summary of the main issues that emerged during the meetings held in the previous months and which will host representatives of important Italian and foreign institutions. The work will be moderated by Michela Cardinali, Director of the School of Higher Education and Restoration Laboratories of the JRC ‘La Venaria Reale’, while the closing discussion will be moderated by Michela Cardinali and Carolina Italiano, Head of the OU IV ‘Strategic plan for the development of photography in Italy and abroad. Programmes of study, training and research in the field of photography” of the DGCC.

In the afternoon The work will be opened by Marta Ragozzino, Director of DGCC Service II “Contemporary Art and Photography”, followed by: There will be a round table in English with the participation of representatives of foreign institutions active in the field of conservation and restoration of photography, with the aim of broadening the discussion from an international perspective.

The session will be moderated by Elena Barile, Operational coordination of the project and organisational secretariat, JRC ‘La Venaria Reale’, while the closing discussion will be moderated by Federica Delia, Researcher-Restorer and project representative Guidelines for the Restoration of Photography, Barbara Cattaneo, Conservative Restoration Officer the Opificio delle Pietre Dure and Sandra Maria Petrillo, a freelance restorer.

Guidelines for the restoration of photography. Dialogue tools for conservation.

SEMINAR

Guidelines for the restoration of photography.
Dialogue tools for conservation.