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Polish Masters of Photography Case study

Photo: Tomek Sikora, NYC 18

Photo: Tomek Sikora, India Jodhpur 18

Polish Masters of Photography trust Piql

The three masters of Polish photography trusted Piql with their most precious photographs.

Bogdan Dziworski, Tomasz Sikora and Jacek Poremba, three of the most respected photographers in Polish his tory, have chosen Piql to preserve a handpicked collec tion of their most valuable body of work.

the raw file or artwork is lost. Storing digitally born art in digital form offers much more value to modern photog raphers, including the ability to access the raw files and make minor manual adjustments for future use.

THE SOLUTION These three masters of photography trusted Piql to dig itally preserve their collection in the first Piql project in Poland. The photographic collection is now digitally stored on Piql’s breakthrough technology, piqlFilm. This unique approach to digital preservation utilises the long-last ing properties of photosensitive film and the benefits of digital storage. Data is stored as high resolution QR codes holding binary data, file format specifications and program code. This allows data to be stored indefinitely, with guaranteed access in the future. This inaugural project is was presented in an official launch of the Piql services and new Piql Reader in Poland in February 2020.

THE CHALLENGE Even though these prized works are present in albums, publications, exhibitions, magazines, campaigns and on websites, all digital files carry the risk of being lost or corrupted, while the physical copies can be damaged or destroyed. Pictures are immovable snapshots of our time, holding immense value for the future, and should be kept safe for as long as possible. No artist wishes to lose their precious collection and many of the now famous historical artists represent those whose work lived on while others were lost. Many photographers choose to preserve their collection in analogue form as a proven and safe option. For digi tally born photographs, this means the ability to access