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Re-Reading the Archival Photographs: Mining Scientific Photography to Build Many Meanings

Re-Reading the Archival Photographs: Mining Scientific Photography to Build Many Meanings

by Jill Delaney | May 18, 2021 | Historic photos, MLP News, MLP research

Jill Delaney, Lead Archivist, Photography, Private Archives, and MLP Archivist at Library and Archives Canada takes us behind the scenes of the 60,000+ historic images held at LAC and used for the Mountain Legacy Project’s repeat photography studies.

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Recent Posts

  • Re-Reading the Archival Photographs: Mining Scientific Photography to Build Many Meanings May 18, 2021
  • Digital Permanence in the era of Open Science April 27, 2021
  • Deep learning offers new prospects for exploration of Canada’s changing mountain ecosystems March 4, 2021
  • Fieldwork in a Time of COVID-19 Part 3: Jasper National Park February 15, 2021
  • Fieldwork in a Time of COVID-19 Part 2: Kananaskis Country January 21, 2021
  • Mountains on Fire: Growth, Renewal and Hope January 5, 2021
  • The 11 Days of Mountains: a celebration for Dec 11 – International Mountain Day December 11, 2020
  • Fieldwork in a time of COVID-19 Part 1: Crowsnest Pass November 24, 2020
  • Black Rock Fire Lookout: Legacies and Looking Ahead November 4, 2020
  • Athabasca Glacier and the Visualization Power of Photography September 15, 2020
  • Drawings from the Field August 19, 2020
  • Mining, Memories, and Mountains July 14, 2020
  • Introducing “A century of high elevation ecosystem change in the Canadian Rocky Mountains” June 23, 2020

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  • 2021 (6)
    • May 18 | Re-Reading the Archival Photographs: Mining Scientific Photography to Build Many Meanings
    • April 27 | Digital Permanence in the era of Open Science
    • March 4 | Deep learning offers new prospects for exploration of Canada’s changing mountain ecosystems
    • February 15 | Fieldwork in a Time of COVID-19 Part 3: Jasper National Park
    • January 21 | Fieldwork in a Time of COVID-19 Part 2: Kananaskis Country
    • January 5 | Mountains on Fire: Growth, Renewal and Hope
  • 2020 (11)
    • December 11 | The 11 Days of Mountains: a celebration for Dec 11 – International Mountain Day
    • November 24 | Fieldwork in a time of COVID-19 Part 1: Crowsnest Pass
    • November 4 | Black Rock Fire Lookout: Legacies and Looking Ahead
    • September 15 | Athabasca Glacier and the Visualization Power of Photography
    • August 19 | Drawings from the Field
    • July 14 | Mining, Memories, and Mountains
    • June 23 | Introducing “A century of high elevation ecosystem change in the Canadian Rocky Mountains”
    • June 17 | When the cat’s away: Wildlife’s response to human self-isolation due to the pandemic
    • April 2 | Following their footsteps: Indigenous Territory Acknowledgement
    • February 21 | Time Travel: The Portal from Library and Archives Canada
    • January 20 | Heeding Mountain Hazards
  • 2019 (7)
    • December 9 | Looking back at “Big Ice”: Mt. Logan in the archives
    • October 1 | Who do we want to be here?
    • August 29 | Revisiting Waterton Lakes National Park
    • July 5 | A Viewshed of the ‘Lenscape’
    • June 14 | Discover Mountain Legacy in Discover Magazine!
    • April 29 | A 1937 look into the Nahanni
    • February 28 | Where the (Re)Wild Things Are
  • 2018 (16)
    • December 12 | MLP photos featured on LensCulture’s Instagram feed
    • December 5 | Different viewpoints, same landscape: do land-based photos and Landsat imagery paint the same picture?
    • November 20 | Placing oblique photos on the map
    • November 4 | Thinking about Thinking Mountains 2018
    • October 17 | Mountain Legacy “Sparks” an interest on CBC Radio
    • September 18 | Breaking News: LensCulture interviews MLP’s Alex Hakonsen
    • August 8 | Field Notes: Stepping off the beaten path
    • August 2 | Landscape change in Cadomin, Alberta – 1922 to 2018
    • July 3 | Meet the Summer 2018 Field Crew!
    • June 11 | What’s up with the piles of rocks on mountaintops?
    • May 28 | Rephotography in Amsterdam: Trams, Espresso, and Department Stores
    • April 12 | Everything seen from the top of a mountain
    • March 5 | Lightning Peak
    • February 8 | Mountain Legacy at the Alpine Club of Canada’s 2017 General Mountaineering Camp
    • January 10 | A reflection on the 2017 field season
    • January 1 | International Mountain Day and the Mountain Legacy Project
  • 2017 (2)
    • September 26 | Mountain Legacy Project researcher, Andrew Trant, featured in Nature article
    • July 31 | Welcome to the new website!
  • 2016 (1)
    • June 18 | Back in the mountains again!
  • 2014 (9)
    • September 3 | Season’s end
    • August 31 | Special Edition: Vegetation Patterns and Fluvial Geomorphology of the Bow and Elbow Watershed
    • August 19 | Mid-August updates: Finishing at Shunda and back to Kannanaskis
    • August 11 | Icefield highway and welcome to Shunda Fire Base in Clearwater County
    • July 30 | A week in the Willmore
    • July 22 | Extinguishing the haze around repeat photography
    • July 16 | Our dream job
    • July 9 | The 2014 field season begins!
    • July 7 | Come Exploring with MLP
  • 2013 (1)
    • December 15 | A seasonal pick-me-up from the Mountain Legacy Project
  • 2012 (9)
    • September 2 | If you’re lucky enough to be in the mountains…you’re lucky enough.
    • September 2 | The Best Adventures: Heike’s Final Combination Blog Post
    • August 20 | The Robson Finale and Returning Home
    • August 13 | B’s, Be’s, and Bees.
    • August 8 | “Damn, this is a straight highway!”
    • July 31 | Of Rainbows and Thunderstorms: Navigating the Willmore
    • July 24 | A Series of Short Flashbacks!
    • July 21 | MLP 2012 Crew 101
    • July 21 | All Encompassing Welcome to MLP 2012 and Update!
  • 2011 (7)
    • December 24 | Better Late Than Never
    • August 30 | Mt. Robson and Home
    • August 21 | The Windy Willmore
    • August 12 | Taking Photos While the Sun Shines
    • August 2 | Takin’ Pics in the Clearwater
    • July 30 | SPOT – Track Progress Function
    • July 29 | Return to the field, 2011
  • 2010 (36)
    • September 19 | And they packed up for the winter
    • August 18 | A Day in the Life
    • August 18 | Meet the Crew
    • August 18 | Update From Camp Legacy
    • August 9 | Legacy Base
    • August 4 | Hey from Grotto
    • July 28 | Assiniboine and Kootenays
    • July 26 | Tired Out
    • July 21 | Sunshine!
    • July 19 | It was a dark and stormy…
    • July 17 | The Girls on Gondolas and Glaciers
    • July 16 | No Pity Ever.
    • July 12 | Photographing the 4th Dimension
    • July 12 | Meadow
    • July 5 | Top of Cliff to Kitchen Floor
    • July 1 | Cliffing
    • June 29 | We are at summer camp.
    • June 24 | Ranchin’
    • June 21 | It’s All About the View
    • June 20 | Leisure Day
    • June 20 | Nondescript
    • June 18 | Digitize!
    • June 17 | Rain
    • June 13 | Sunny Days
    • June 12 | Rockin
    • June 11 | Spring Ski
    • June 9 | Punishment
    • June 7 | Tick Tally
    • June 6 | Off Roadin’
    • June 4 | Shelter from the storm
    • June 4 | The Road
    • June 3 | MLP Q&A No. 1: Alpaca vs Llama
    • June 3 | Eastward Ho!
    • May 28 | New Wheels
    • May 16 | Is that tent bigger than your car?
    • May 11 | 2010 Preparations Begin!
  • 2009 (15)
    • September 10 | Faux Toes
    • September 4 | All Ahead Rush and the Windy Blues
    • August 10 | Kootenay wrap-up
    • August 6 | Mount Lady MacDonald – Take 2!
    • August 4 | Smoke on the water
    • July 28 | Fore!
    • July 26 | Thunderstruck
    • July 24 | And the adventures of J. J. McArthur begin!
    • July 10 | On the road again
    • July 6 | Track our progress with Google Earth!
    • June 22 | Arr, matey!
    • June 18 | Rain, rain go away…
    • June 17 | The Big Re-Cap: Month no. 1
    • June 15 | Ketchup
    • June 8 | Welcome to the Mountain Legacy Project’s Blog

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