With colleagues from Harvard University, Paul Messier will participate in a panel discussion entitled "A New Methodology for Surveying Photograph Collections" at the Society of American Archivist's annual meeting in San Francisco, August 30, 2008.
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Les éditions Marval received the Prix du Mai for the book "Le Vocabulaire Technique de la Photographie." Among many authors under the direction of Anne Cartier-Bresson, Paul Messier contributed two articles on the history of gelatin silver paper and crayon portraits.
The March 2008 issue of ARTnews profiles the studio’s reference collection and work characterizing photographic prints. “The advances will reduce fraud, influence the marketplace, and even revise art history.”
New York Times Style Magazine calls Paul Messier "The man when it comes to paper and photograph restoration," December 2, 2007.
Survey of photograph collections at the State Hermitage Museum, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, began with an opening seminar in St. Petersburg, Russia, October, 2007 and was followed by site visits to numerous collections during the Spring of 2008.