“The collection of our library contains special material, for example, book bindings and medieval manuscripts. I photograph and digitize these pieces for us and for clients, for example museums that use these images for exhibitions. The photos are then sometimes blown up life-size. I found the presentation yesterday by Niki Nakagawa and Tahnee Cracchiola on gem photography very fascinating, especially where it was about lighting. I also signed up for Niki's workshop on Friday. Who knows, maybe I'll be given some tools that can help me visualize our book bindings, some of which are beautifully crafted.”

“I presented yesterday. It was great, the crowd was so supportive. I’m at the conference for the first time. The community is great. I love how Cécile packages every section into in a way that different institutions talking about very similar workflows and practices. It matches very well. It kind of shows that even though we are from diverse institutions and companies we really do face similar challenges. It is so valuable, especially seeing everybody’s various workflows. I’m overload with information, but in the best way possible.”

“When cleaning up my junk folder, I saw the e-mail about this conference. It caught my attention. So I clicked on the links and looked at the papers. I thought: wow, this is fantastic! I’ve been looking for a conference like this for quite some time. In Australia we didn’t have anything that was happening. So going abroad was the only way. Being here is a great opportunity, so many like-minded people from the cultural imaging sector are here. Having that big group of people with that huge knowledge is great. It also opens doors. Beforehand I got in contact with one of the speakers, Alexis Pantos, from Oslo. He invited me to come over to Norway, to see how he works, so I can learn from practice. Next week I’ll go. I’m looking forward to this amazing experience.”

“I run a newsletter called The Spatial Heritage Review. It’s a monthly recap of the things that people have been doing all over the world with regards to 3D and cultural heritage. Like 2+3D Photography does with the conference, I do with my newsletter: it’s a reminder of all the good work that people do. It helps build communities around this kind of work. Tomorrow I’m doing a roundtable, looking at hopes and aspirations that attendees have for the future of 3D in cultural heritage. Giving all the great things that we already have seen, what will be the dream? I look forward to finding out what people are excited about!”

“I’m an independent photographer from Australia. I moved to the Netherlands six years ago and worked at the Print Cabinet at the Rijksmuseum for about three years. Now I run my own printing business in Rotterdam. In 2019 I did a roundtable at 2+3D, discussing profiles. It was popular, so Cécile asked me for another roundtable. It’s about visualizing color profiles in digitization and printing. Nice to do it again. Being here at the conference as a visitor is also fun, catching up with other people, from oversees as well. To meet the community and talk about the possibilities in the future. I’m always learning. I like the practical presentations most, for example the one this morning by James Craving about the difficulties photographing the artwork The Green Stripe by Mark Rothko. It was something that can relate to everything in our sector.