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The Kennelly Archive was set up in 2007 to digitally capture the work of the Kennellys from a carefully filed archive of negatives over a fifty-year period. The objective of the archive is to ensure that this valuable work is protected and shared with future generations.
New imaging techniques and technology have allowed the Archive team to interpret the delicate negatives in a way that was not possible when the photographs were originally taken. A skilled team of digital archivists, retouchers and researchers has allowed the imagery to be protected and to be made available for future generations.
The Archive team, based in Killorglin, Co. Kerry and Mumbai, India used new ‘raw’ digital imaging software and techniques to reinterpret the original negatives, producing tonal quality and detail which was not possible through photographic processes.
Each negative was scanned on a bank of Hasselblad scanners. The original proof books which Padraig and Joan Kennelly became the first source of caption information. This was supplemented by research from local newspapers and the generous assistance of local people in Tralee.
Kennellyarchive.com features a unique facility which allows the public to add caption information to further enrich this valuable source of history.