Finally, act three is a flashback in our timeline. For the convenience of those of you who will be seeking to retrieve images from Paris, here is a portion of a May 15, 2009 press release issued by Corbis:
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Corbis Opens Sygma Preservation and Access Facility
New Facility Outside Paris Will Preserve Sygma’s Extraordinary Photography Collection for more than a Thousand Years While Making Images Accessible for Photographers, Researchers, Iconographers, Historians and Creatives Worldwide
PARIS (May 15, 2009) – Corbis (www.corbis.com <http://www.corbis.com/> ), a leading visual media provider for the creative community, today announced the opening of the Sygma Preservation and Access Facility, the culmination of the Sygma Preservation and Access Initiative started in 2004. The announcement was made at an event held at the new facility outside of Paris, France, attended by photographers, photo editors, government dignitaries, and executives from Corbis and Locarchives, the document management company that built the facility.
The culmination of more than five years of work, the Sygma Preservation and Access Facility ensures that the collection’s 50 million negatives, prints, color transparencies, and contact prints are carefully preserved and easily accessible for research and rediscovery by photographers, researchers, iconographers, historians as well as photo editors and art directors.
“The Sygma Preservation and Access Facility is a testament to our commitment to preserving the profoundly important Sygma collection,” said Gary Shenk, CEO, Corbis. “So many talented photographers have contributed to Sygma, and we are honored to safeguard and make accessible these treasures for today and the future.”
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And we at the Copyright Zone say, as the curtain drops in Act 3, “Good luck”.
