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Commercial photography firms : their history, functions, and records Woelk, Bonnie Faye
Abstract
This thesis establishes a deductively-derived model of the common functions, activities, and records of commercial photography firms based on idealized patterns of activity. It traces the establishment of the functions, which have remained characteristic of this class of organization, from an historical perspective. Three distinctive functions, "attracting clients," "sustaining the organization," and "carrying out photography assignments" are analyzed in terms of component activities commonly engaged in by modern photography firms and possible records which may be generated and/or accumulate as a result of these activities. This analysis has significance for a number of areas of archival management, but confines itself to implications for appraisal for selection. It makes recommendations which encourage the preservation of a representative body of records that explains the organization and gives evidence of its activities. As is characteristic of all other archival documents, the records of a photography firm derive a great part of their nature from their relationships with the other documents in the fonds and to the functions and activities the fonds as a whole reflects. Examining the records produced by this type of creator in the context of their creation can reveal how both the photographic and non-photographic records are essential to the fonds, and can encourage the preservation of adequate documentation of the organization and its operation. A firm's photographs are generated by and are part of the production activities which fulfil the function of "carrying out photography assignments." They are related to a particular photography assignment and to the other records which show how that assignment was carried out. The photographs are also related to the records generated by the two other functions because these latter records reveal the activities in which the firm engages to enable it to carry out photography assignments. The marketing records indicate attempts by the firm to attract and acquire clients, some of which are successful and result in photography assignments. Records generated by component activities of "sustaining the organization" are related to the photos because they reflect activities which allow the firm to continue operating into the future and engage in its principal substantive function of "carrying out photography assignments."
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Commercial photography firms : their history, functions, and records
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University of British Columbia
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1995
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Description |
This thesis establishes a deductively-derived model of
the common functions, activities, and records of commercial
photography firms based on idealized patterns of activity. It
traces the establishment of the functions, which have remained
characteristic of this class of organization, from an
historical perspective. Three distinctive functions,
"attracting clients," "sustaining the organization," and
"carrying out photography assignments" are analyzed in terms
of component activities commonly engaged in by modern
photography firms and possible records which may be generated
and/or accumulate as a result of these activities. This
analysis has significance for a number of areas of archival
management, but confines itself to implications for appraisal
for selection. It makes recommendations which encourage the
preservation of a representative body of records that explains
the organization and gives evidence of its activities.
As is characteristic of all other archival documents, the
records of a photography firm derive a great part of their
nature from their relationships with the other documents in
the fonds and to the functions and activities the fonds as a
whole reflects. Examining the records produced by this type
of creator in the context of their creation can reveal how
both the photographic and non-photographic records are
essential to the fonds, and can encourage the preservation of
adequate documentation of the organization and its operation.
A firm's photographs are generated by and are part of the
production activities which fulfil the function of "carrying
out photography assignments." They are related to a
particular photography assignment and to the other records
which show how that assignment was carried out. The
photographs are also related to the records generated by the
two other functions because these latter records reveal the
activities in which the firm engages to enable it to carry out
photography assignments. The marketing records indicate
attempts by the firm to attract and acquire clients, some of
which are successful and result in photography assignments.
Records generated by component activities of "sustaining the
organization" are related to the photos because they reflect
activities which allow the firm to continue operating into the
future and engage in its principal substantive function of
"carrying out photography assignments."
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eng
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2009-02-09
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0087089
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University of British Columbia
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1995-11
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Graduate
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