Biography

Education
B.F.A., cum laude, University of South Carolina (1993);
M.F.A., Indiana University (1997),
Professional Certification in Photographic Preservation and Archival Practice, International Museum of Photography and Film at the George Eastman House (1998).
Ms. Ogeneski was instrumental in the establishment of the digital imaging facility at the Chicago Albumen Works, a firm specializing in the preservation of historical negative collections and vintage media photographic printing processes. She served as manager of their digital lab until the spring of 2005. Prior to that, she worked in film duplication and vintage media printing. Traditionally trained as a photographer with a specialization in historical processes, she continues to research digital image file output: film and inkjet as it relates to 19th century photographic printing processes. In 2004 and in 2005, Ogeneski was the recipient of Academic Specialist Grants through the US Embassy of Mexico Cultural and Academic Exchange Program in which she gave a series of workshops on photographic preservation and new imaging technologies to participants from Mexican cultural institutions. She has worked at the Nederlands FotoMuseum and participated in a 2004 Mellon Foundation workshop in photograph conservation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art entitled: Pictorialist Processes of the Photo-Secession. She currently serves as the webmaster of the Photographic Materials Group of the American Institute of Conservation. Ms. Ogeneski has taught at Indiana University, Purdue University, and Simon's Rock College of Bard. She currently is a Digital Imaging Specialist at the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Residencies
Artist-in-Residence, Acadia National Park, Mt. Desert Island, ME (2001)
Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (1999)


Awards
"Research on the History of Polish Photography," Warsaw and Krakow, Poland, Faculty Development Award, Simon's Rock College of Bard (2006)
"Academic Specialist Grant", US Embassy of Mexico Cultural and Academic Exchange Program (2004 &2005)
"Mellon Collaborative Workshop:Pictorialist Processes of the Photo-Secession," Workshop in Photograph Conservation hosted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and funded by the Mellon Foundation (2004)
Polaroid Photographer's Award, Cambridge Art Association (1999)
Guest Scholar, International Museum of Photography and Film at the George Eastman House (1998)
Doctoral Student Grant-in-Aid of Research, Indiana University (1997)

Lectures and Workshops
"Digital Images: Working with Historical Negative Collections," Tutorial Program, Archiving 2006, Imaging Science and Technology Conference (IS&T), Ottawa, Canada (2006)
"Artist's Lecture," Casa Lamm, Mexico City, Mexico
"Applications in a Preservation Environment: Digital Scanning and Capture," (Mexico) (2005)
"A Workshop and Investigation into the Nineteenth Century Silver-Based Gelatin Chloride Printing-Out Paper Process," (Mexico) (2005)
"Recent Developments and Restructuring of the Photographic Materials Group Website," AIC annual Meeting,Portland, Oregon (2004)
"LVT Film Output as a Preservation Medium," co-research with Doug Munson, AIC Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon (2004)
"Gelatine-Chloride Printing-Out Paper and the Albumen Print Process: A Workshop and Investigation into Two 19th Century Silver-Based Photographic Processes," (Mexico) (2004)
"Scanning of Historical Glass Plate Negative Collections," (Mexico) (2004)
"Art-in-Nature Day," Mt. Desert Island Elementary School, Southeast Harbor, ME (2001)
"Photography Workshop co-taught with Jorge Otero," Charleston, SC (1995)

 

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