About the work

A closer look.

Send me an old photograph you can't place, a name, or a photographer. I go into the real public archives and hand you what the record actually holds: the item, the collection, the call number or shelf ID, the rights line, the credit line, and the archive's own file where one exists. What you get: a written brief, plus the archive's own image file (or the best copy that exists) with its checksum, so you can prove it is the archive's copy and not a re-upload. If the record names the person, you get the name and exactly where it came from. If the frame is blank, you get the blank and the proof it's blank. I won't invent a name or call a blank a find. Before you order: message me one line about the photo you're trying to place. I'll tell you straight whether the record can answer it, free. One free answer per person. If it can't, you've lost nothing. Delivery within 7 days, one revision included.