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J. Luca Ackerman Inc.

44-02 11th Street / Suite 612
Long Island City, NY 11101
(347) 808 0603

M-F / 9 AM - 5 PM
By Appointment only

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Photograph Conservation



Dedicated to the Conservation and Preservation of Fine Art Photographic Materials and Image-Based 2D Materials. 


Studio 

The studio is located at 44-02 11th Street, Long Island City, New York. Our hours are Mon–Fri, 9:00AM–6:00PM, by appointment only. You can contact us via email or call + 1 (347) 808 0603. We have two freight elevators, located on either North or South of the building, each with a dedicated loading dock. The studio is modular to accomodate large scale photographic artworks, and is equipped with a 96 x 48 inch vacuum press. 


Services



JLA Inc. specializes in the physical treatment of photographic materials from daguerreotype to dye sublimation, with a particular emphasis on large and contmeporary photographic works. Other services include:

  • Conservation Treatment

  • Condition Reporting

  • Pre-Sale Examination

  • Collection Survey and Preservation Strategy

  • Environmental Monitoring Solutions

  • Emergency Response*

  • Material Analysis (non-destructive)

  • Preparation of works for Loan/Travel


*As a National Heritage Responder, Ackerman has access to a wide network of emergency response resources and specialists.


Artists



This list is a brief cross section of artists and recent projects.

Berenice Abbott
Ansel Adams
Leila Alaoui
Diane Arbus
John Baldessari
Uta Barth
Bernd & Hilla Becher
Joseph Beuys
Jeremy Blake
Cosmina Con Bonin
M. Bourke-White
Jeff Brouws
Harry Callahan
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Thomas Demand
Yannick Demmerle
Trisha Donnely
William Eggleston
Awol Erizku
Robert Frank
Adam Fuss
Charles Gaines
Gilbert & George
Ori Gersht
Nan Goldin
Andreas Gursky

Ori Gersht
Nan Goldin
Andreas Gursky
Hans Haacke
Ernst Haas
David Hockney
Candida Hofer
Peter Hujar
Seydou Keita
Barbara Kruger
Suzanne Lacy
Dorothea Lange
Louise Lawler
Zoe Leonard
Vera Lutter
Sally Mann
Robert Mapplethorpe
Gordon Matta-Clark
Chris McCaw
Richard Misrach
Lisette Model
Lazlo Moholy-Nagy
Carlo Mollino
Andrew Moore
Daido Moriyama
Vik Muniz

Helmut Newton
Ruth Orkin
Irving Penn
Richard Prince
Gerhard Richter
Clifford Ross
Thomas Ruff
Sebastião Salgado
Cindy Sherman
Stephen Shore
Malik Sidibe
Lorna Simpson
W.E. Smith
Edward Steichen
Bert Stern
Alfred Stieglitz
Thomas Struth
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Kunie Sugiura
Jeff Wall
Andy Warhol
Albert Watson
Edward Weston
Minor White
Garry Winogrand

Clients



I service a wide range of clientele, including: artists and artist studios, auction houses, galleries, corporate collections, private collectors, museums, estates & foundations, insurance companies, art advisors, archives and the general public.


About


    


J. Luca Ackerman studied photography and film at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before earning a Master’s Degree in the Conservation of Photographic Materials from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague - Film and TV School (FAMU). He worked for The Better Image for almost a decade before establishing a private practice in 2021. He is a Professional Associate (AIC) at the American Institute for Conservation, a founding member of the Contemporary Art Network (CAN!), and is currently an active National Heritage Responder. Ackerman specializes in Modern and Contemporary photographic artworks, and has published and presented on a wide range of conservation topics.

Press / Publications



Contemporary Approaches to Photograph Conservation. AIC Photographic Materials Working Group, February 23-24, 2023, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.

Guerrieri, V. (2019, June 24). The secret tech problem at modern art museums. Popular Mechanics.

Shifting Values in Photograph Conservation. Preserving Modern and Contemporary Museum Collections, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, December 4, 2018. 

New Original: Reprint in Fine Art Photography. Topics in Photographic Preservation Vol.17. (Washington, D.C.: Photographic Materials Group, The American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works, 2017),207-224. Hanako Murata, J. Luca Ackerman, Tatiana Cole, and Peter Mustardo.

“Cindy Sherman: A Play of Selves. A collaborative approach to conservation. ” J. Luca Ackerman, Peter Mustardo, Hanako Murata, and Tatiana Cole. Studies in Conservation Vol. 61, Iss. Sup 2,2016

Cindy Sherman: ‘A Play of Selves’ A Collaborative Approach to Conservation. IIC Los Angeles Congress, 13 September, 2016. Ackerman, J. Luca; Mustardo, Peter; Murata, Hanako; Cole, Tatiana.



Nordström, Alison Devine, and J. Luca Ackerman. Truthbeauty: Pictorialism and the Photograph as Art, 1845-1945. Vancouver Art Gallery, 2008.