Fernando LA rosa photographic archive [michigan state university, wesleyan college, and frances DE LA rosa have partnered on the fernando LA rosa photographic archive, expanding upon previous…

Michigan State University received a $349,605 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) for the Fernando La Rosa Photographic Archive, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027. The project will stabilize and digitize approximately 22,500 photographic negatives and born-digital images from renowned Peruvian-American photographer Fernando La Rosa, spanning the period 1968–2011. Primary deliverables include rehousing approximately 18,000 film negatives in acid-free envelopes and boxes, creating high-resolution digital scans of all materials, and developing a comprehensive metadata catalog to enhance discoverability and international awareness of this significant cultural collection documenting the photographer's work across Peru, the United States, the Caribbean, and Europe.

Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, serves as a key sub-awardee, responsible for cleaning, scanning, and rehousing approximately 17,000 photographic negatives and 700 contact sheets housed at their institution. Wesleyan College students will process the materials at individual workstations at a rate of approximately 10 images per hour across approximately 1,770 total hours of labor, with oversight provided by designated project staff. High-resolution scanned files will be delivered to Michigan State University, which serves as the project lead and coordinating institution. This collaborative initiative builds upon previous NEH-funded projects directed by the principal investigator at MSU and represents a comprehensive effort to preserve and provide digital access to La Rosa's photographic legacy in partnership with Frances de La Rosa.

Fernando LA rosa photographic archive [michigan state university, wesleyan college, and frances DE LA rosa have partnered on the fernando LA rosa photographic archive, expanding upon previous NEH-funded projects directed by P.I. DR. Keller at MSU (the archive of malian photography and the willis E. Bell photographic archive). With NEH hcrr funding, from 9/1/25-8/31/27, this project will stabilize all C. 22,500 of LA rosa?S photographic negatives (C.18,000 film and C.4,600 born digital) dating from 1968-2011 by rehousing his film negatives in acid-free envelopes and boxes, creating high-resolution digital scans, and developing a catalog of associated metadata for this entire collection. To raise international awareness of this significant collection by renowned peruvian-american photographer fernando LA rosa who worked in peru, the U.S.A., the caribbean, and europe during the twentieth to twenty-first centuries, at times traveling and collaborating with U.S.-based colleagues, minor white and aaron siskind, this project ensur]