User:Luisa Casella

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Luisa Casella studied conservation and restoration at the Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Instituto Politécnico de Tomar in Portugal, specializing in Photograph Conservation and Paper Conservation through internships at the Arquivo Fotográfico da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa and at the Biblioteca Nacional de Lisboa. From 2000 to 2002 Luisa studied photography at the Ar.Co - Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual.

After completing her studies in 1996, Luisa joined the staff of Luis Pavao, Limitada, as a photograph conservator. She has since worked in conservation treatment projects of large-scale photograph collections which include cleaning and rehousing, database description and digitization. Some of the institutions and collections she worked with include: Colecção Silva Magalhães, Câmara Municipal de Tomar (1996-1998); Direcção-geral de Edifícios e Monumentos Nacionais (1998-2000); Museu Nacional de Etnologia (2000-2001); Arquivo Fotográfico da Câmara Municipal de Évora (2001-2003); Instituto Português de Conservação e Restauro (2003-2005). Luisa has also been an instructor in a number of workshops for photograph collection care professionals.[1]