The progress and development of several social and cultural projects is largely due to external and spontaneous human collaborations. Our institution is therefore willing to incorporate all possible voluntary skills into the diverse responsibilities of each of the Foundation's areas of work.
As of today, we have now established our first internship program in support of our conservation area to include university students carrying out their obligatory social service internships. Additional programs will be incorporated in the future to integrate social service internships into the rest of the Foundation's areas.
Internship Program
Support for the organization, research, documentation and dissemination of the Pedro Meyer Archive
The Foundation's work includes maintaining and disseminating the archive of the work of the artist Pedro Meyer, recognized as an expression of Mexican photographic art and as a vast documentary and historic resource. At the same time, this archive sets a precedent in the implementation of digital storage systems of images and related data. The internship program focuses on the management of newly acquired material and the documentation of the information contained in photographic images, as well as its cataloguing in digital formats.
To support its preservation, years of work have been dedicated to the organization and conservation of the archive and the design of the access system. Users' Manuals have been developed on these processes and a thesaurus compiled of key words. The Foundation has all the necessary facilities, computer equipment, and software required for the project, and all the necessary training is provided.
We hope to receive a 2009-2010 generation of social service interns and with their support complete the key words registries corresponding to the 310,000 images contained in the photographic storage system.
Location
The Foundation is located at: Ortega 20, Colonia Villa Coyoacán, Coyoacán, Mexico City.
Intern Shifts
Monday-Friday 7:00-11:00, 11:00-15:00 or 15:00-19:00 (subject to availability)
Requirements
- Basic Photoshop
- Basic English
- Good memory
Degree Courses
- Graphic Design
- Graphic Communication Design
- Visual Design and Communication
- Media Studies
- Photography and other related degree courses
Number of interns solicited
A total of 16 interns per year, divided into 2 groups of 8 working in 5-6 month cycles.
Activities to be performed by the interns:
a) In the incorporation of newly acquired material:
- Concentration and organization of digital photographic images in electronic catalogues.
- Digitalization of photographs and documents.
- Digital retouching.
- Optimization of the files derived from the retouched digitalizations.
- Edition of the information corresponding to the new materials in a database.
b) In research and documentation
- Recognition and application of manuals, norms, and general rules to analyze images and write descriptions of contexts and contents found in a photographic file.
- Analysis of photographic images.
- Writing of descriptions based on the analysis of images.
- Classification of descriptions obtained in electronic catalogues.
- Edition of the corresponding information in a database.
Contact
Coordinator, Pedro Meyer Archive
LDG. Marisol Molina Serrano
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Coordinator, Research and Documentation, Pedro Meyer Archive
DCG Miguel Santos
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Volunteers
Volunteer collaborators are also welcome at the Pedro Meyer Foundation. Each volunteer receives the necessary training and must work a set schedule for a minimum period of four months. Volunteer activities currently focus on the same tasks as those of the internship program in support of the organization, research, documentation and dissemination of the Pedro Meyer Archive.
