Alinari 24 ORE

Fratelli Alinari, the oldest foundation in the world still active in the field of photography, and more generally in the sphere of the image and communication, was founded in Florence in 1852. Alinari is the guardian of a photographic ‘corpus’ which has few equals (with a patrimony of its own of over 3,500,000 pictures, historical and contemporary, ranging from vintage prints, glass plate negatives to film and fotocolors), and is responsible for the management of an ongoing program of exhibitions and publishing. It can supply iconographical research services and manages both Italian and foreign photographic archives, constantly increasing its ‘image-bank’, in part already on microfiches and now also on digital supports which will be available for consultation on-line. In 1994 the firm began numerous initiatives. Among the most important are Aquarelle, Artline, Victor, Imprimatur, aceMedia, Euridice, 2Kan, Orpheus, Ermione, RegNet, TNT, Migrator 2000 and today eCHASE, Multimatch, MILE, CITER, eCHASE, Euridice and Ermione.

Key roles in Tripod
Alinari will contribute image data to collection building efforts. It will also use its strong connections with the cultural heritage sector to help with exploitation.