The Guardian newspaper has reported that the E Chambré Hardman studio negatives in Liverpool is deteriorating. It noted: The National Trust faces a “race against time” to save a historic collection of previously unseen photographs before they deteriorate.
Renowned Liverpool photographer Edward Chambré Hardman’s collection of 140,000 prints and negatives passed to the National Trust, along with his house, in 2003 but some negatives were found to be “actively deteriorating and emitting toxic gases”.
The under-threat prints were not properly conserved by Hardman at his studio on Rodney Street in the Georgian quarter of Liverpool and initial inspections revealed serious problems in the way some items had been stored.
Read the full story here: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/mar/03/edward-chambre-hardman-national-trust-in-race-against-time-to-save-liverpool-photographers-archive
Photographs: © Michael Pritchard. The Chambré Hardman House and darkroom.
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