Image Assignment
Below are examples of my developing skills with Photoshop. Since most images related to my final project, those from the U.S. space program, present few problems as far as restoration goes, I selected a different area I'm interested in for this assignment. In searching the American Memory site, I found images from Ann Arbor, the home of my alma mater, the University of Michigan. Not only did I find the expected sports images, but also some from the Detroit Publishing Company that highlight campus buildings and scenes from the early 20th century. Some of the sports images here clearly came from negatives in very poor condition, so I show a few of those in the pages that follow, before and after I worked on them in Photoshop.
With a few images from that site, my next stop was the Bentley Historical Library, where I did some research as an undergraduate when I took a course on the University's history. My suspicions about their collection of photographs being well cared for in a digital sense were correct. Images are zoomable, but file sizes are somewhat small. The search tool is fantastic, especially as I just wanted to browse based on subjects from around campus. My last two images are from the Library's site.
So here they are, my images for perhaps the most fun and challenging assignment yet this semester. Please note, all image descriptions used are taken from those created on either the Library of Congress or Bentley Historial Library web sites. So click on the thumbnails below to see my before and after images (first image is always the original).
Michigan vs. Wisconsin, 1902
Michigan vs. Chicago, 1906
Michigan Runner Hubbard, 1925
Michigan Stadium, 1927
Henry Tappan, c. 1850-1860
Michigan Union, c. 1924