I’m asking the question since i encountered a lot of situation where people from my work, asiakas (i’m a kotihoito nurse) and facebook post where a nearly 100 year old photo is kept untangled and without any blemish.
There was an instance where a co-worker of mine (she’s about 75 years old) showed me a magazine where there’s a 2 year old posing for a clothing apparel.
Little did i know that she’s the little kid in that photo. I was astounded since the photo looks nothing like my own old photo (where its pixelated), her was good as new and when i checked the year on the top page of the magazine, it was published in year 1951 😲
There was also an instance where one of the
Oldest released movie in the philippines was showed in one of the finnish Channel. It was featured in one of our local channel where the Film club industry wants to visit the archiving authority in Finland to get a legal copy of it.
So back to my question, what are the reason why Finland is very good in archiving old photos and videos?
Photo Ctto: FB page – Urjala old pictures
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We are careful? Same reason buffets are popular, no one wants to lose anything of value
The pictures and papers last when you take good care of them. All you need to do here is put them in the closet as there is no extreme temperatures or humidity issues in habited houses.
Old photos have no pixelation since they were taken on film. If you have original negatives is good condition, you can potentially get really good digitals out of them. Also having a national archive that stores lot of stuff is good.
Finland used to be poor country and it instilled certain frugality in older generations.
A lot of societal and institutional continuity over the 20th century. Finland saw a lot less physical devastation from WWI and WWII than many European countries did, and we have had no foreign occupations or revolutionary government changes in over a century.
All this has helped different organizations, societies and families to hold on to photos and all kinds of document of the past.
Because everything was better in the good old days.
….i’ll get my coat…
Pure genetics.
Taking good care of them and maybe our more dry air has something to do it in big picture (haha).
Early photographers were proud of their images, and their skill level was remarkably high, not least because the equipment was so costly. This is also why many photographs were taken outdoors, where natural light was essential.