On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Noopur <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The reason I am putting it up here is because while we do these events, > it's hard to get people who understand Wiki editing or can take > 'appropriate' pictures worth uploading to Commons. I just thought I'd ask > you all if you know curators, museum people, library registrars or anyone > who would want to participate in this. OTOH, I'd love to know if any of you > are interested in helping work with museums and click pictures, write > articles etc. Of course, all of this is unpaid and time consuming but your > bonus is a privileged entry to GLAM collections :-) > > I've been doing a bit of that myself. Happy to do more. One issue I've run into far too often is absolute apathy from the curators/officials of museums. Barring a few (who have their hands tied by superiors), most people believe that photography in museums/archives/public institutions are banned, and that photographers are out to sell India's wealth to evil nations. If at all I've managed to convince said curators of my not-so-evil intentions, the galleries/exhibits themselves are badly designed and poorly lit, making any kind of photography very, very difficult. Flash is a strict no-no in any museum in the world, and Indian museums (the ones I've encountered) also frown on the use of a tripod/monopod/convenient window ledge. I've ranted, spoken and written about this enough. And I tried working around it. Anyway, I'll try do whatever I can. Mail me offlist if you need anything specific from Chennai. C
