Class Assignment: Show a Random Act of Kindness
Late in February of this year I received an email from Kristy Cranston, a student at Brooklyn College studying to become a Speech Pathologist, who needed to fulfill a minimum of 2.5 hours of volunteering at an organization of choice. Kristy is on Dennis McKeever's right. Other classmates names withheld by request. In Kristy's words: As a current resident of Staten Island and a former resident of Breezy Point, my entire family has been directly affected in more ways than one by Hurricane Sandy. I understand and deeply appreciate your organization and would like the opportunity to fulfill my class requirement ...
Restoring Photos from the Moore, Oklahoma Tornado
Photos found from the Moore, OK tornado. Photo Courtesy: Mark Zimmerman Operation Photo Rescue (OPR) is gearing up to help residents of Moore, OK that were hit by an EF-5 tornado on May 210, 2013. Our first priority is not to hamper the clean up and give families time to locate their belongings. Because of the large number of photos that have been displaced, we will be working with groups that collect and house the lost photos to a central location for claiming. OPR will be there for those needing their photos restored. We are lucky to have local OPR volunteers ...
Operation Photo Rescue Heads to Seaside Heights, New Jersey
"Seaside Heights, NJ, Jan 30, 2013--Damage from Hurricane Sandy in this ocean side community was severe. These homes will be torn down in the coming weeks." Photo by Liz Roll/FEMA Thumbnail photo on homepage--The iconic roller coaster at Seaside Height boardwalk for over 70 years. Photo by Steven Zumwalt/FEMA Operation Photo Rescue (OPR) will be coming to Seaside Height, NJ on May 3-5 to help families with photos damaged by Hurricane Sandy. For instructions on the care of damage photos, please reference this Page. Footnote: For More on the successful run to Seaside Heights, see OPR Forum.
A Successful New York City Copy Run
Memories of a lifetime hit by Hurricane Sandy. The New York copy run was not only a success, but probably one of the most unique copy runs that Operation Photo Rescue (OPR) has ever had. Katrin Eismann, well known author and head at School of Visual Arts (SVA) and Ken Allen of Ken Allen Studios came together to host the event at SVA. Also sponsoring and attending the event: JP Morgan Chase Technology for Social Good; William Geffert of ImagingEtc; B & H Photography; Photoshelter; and DigMyPics. Volunteers also included those from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) in New York, ...
Press Release: Operation Photo Rescue Coming to New York City to Restore Photos Damaged by Hurricane Sandy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EL DORADO, KS – January 15, 2013 – Operation Photo Rescue (OPR), a U.S. not-for-profit organization comprised of a worldwide network of volunteers will be in New York City on February 2nd and 3rd to digitally copy photos for anyone whose pictures were damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Hosted by the School of Visual Arts Masters in Digital Photography program and supported by Chase, PhotoShelter, DigMyPics, Imagingetc, and Ken Allen Studios, the OPR team will be onsite at 133 West 21st St, Room 101c in Manhattan on Saturday, February 2 and Sunday, February 3, 2013, 10am-5pm on both days. Walk-ins ...
Operation Photo Rescue Gearing Up for New York
We are excited to announce that OPR will be teaming up author, teacher, and photographer Katrin Eismann and Ken Allen of “Ken Allen Studios, L.L.C.a dedicated digital studio that offers archival digitization of collections, exhibit prints and exhibition display printing, and consultation. Many of us learned how to restore from Katrin's book Photoshop Restoration & Retouching and found OPR through a link to volunteer help for those hit by Hurricane Katrina. That is the path I took and now on the 7th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we are once again faced with a challenge as big as we did back 2006. ...
Season’s Greetings
Hi Everyone, “As this year comes to a close, I’d like to thank all of you and wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Somewhere in the commercialization of the holidays, the true spirit of giving gets lost. Operation Photo Rescue (OPR) is giving the best gift of all—memories restored.” I wrote this in December 24, 2008, the first year that I took over as president of Operation Photo Rescue and the thoughts I expressed back then are true today. Back then we had just gotten a flood of new volunteers after Nancy Massey put out a message on ...
OPR News
Class Assignment: Show a Random Act of Kindness
Late in February of this year I received an email from Kristy Cranston, a student at Brooklyn College studying to become a Speech Pathologist, who needed to fulfill a minimum of 2.5 hours of volunteering at an organization of choice. Kristy is on Dennis McKeever’s right. Other classmates names withheld by request. In Kristy’s words: As a current resident of Staten Island and a former resident... [Read more]
Restoring Photos from the Moore, Oklahoma Tornado
Photos found from the Moore, OK tornado. Photo Courtesy: Mark Zimmerman Operation Photo Rescue (OPR) is gearing up to help residents of Moore, OK that were hit by an EF-5 tornado on May 210, 2013. Our first priority is not to hamper the clean up and give families time to locate their belongings. Because of the large number of photos that have been displaced, we will be working with groups that collect... [Read more]
Operation Photo Rescue Heads to Seaside Heights, New Jersey
“Seaside Heights, NJ, Jan 30, 2013–Damage from Hurricane Sandy in this ocean side community was severe. These homes will be torn down in the coming weeks.” Photo by Liz Roll/FEMA Thumbnail photo on homepage–The iconic roller coaster at Seaside Height boardwalk for over 70 years. Photo by Steven Zumwalt/FEMA Operation Photo Rescue (OPR) will be coming to Seaside Height, NJ... [Read more]
A Successful New York City Copy Run
Memories of a lifetime hit by Hurricane Sandy. The New York copy run was not only a success, but probably one of the most unique copy runs that Operation Photo Rescue (OPR) has ever had. Katrin Eismann, well known author and head at School of Visual Arts (SVA) and Ken Allen of Ken Allen Studios came together to host the event at SVA. Also sponsoring and attending the event: JP Morgan Chase Technology... [Read more]
Press Release: Operation Photo Rescue Coming to New York City to Restore Photos Damaged by Hurricane Sandy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EL DORADO, KS – January 15, 2013 – Operation Photo Rescue (OPR), a U.S. not-for-profit organization comprised of a worldwide network of volunteers will be in New York City on February 2nd and 3rd to digitally copy photos for anyone whose pictures were damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Hosted by the School of Visual Arts Masters in Digital Photography program and supported... [Read more]
Operation Photo Rescue Gearing Up for New York
We are excited to announce that OPR will be teaming up author, teacher, and photographer Katrin Eismann and Ken Allen of “Ken Allen Studios, L.L.C.a dedicated digital studio that offers archival digitization of collections, exhibit prints and exhibition display printing, and consultation. Many of us learned how to restore from Katrin’s book Photoshop Restoration & Retouching... [Read more]
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