NEW COMPANY TO DEVELOP DIGITAL COLLECTIONS FOR THE ARTS

ROCHESTER, NY, June 7--The J. Paul Getty Trust and Eastman Kodak Company
today announced a new imaging venture. LUNA Imaging Inc. will offer
digital imaging services and electronic publications to the academic
community worldwide.

The Getty Trust and Kodak cited the growing importance of imaging
technology for scholars, researchers, and institutions in the visual arts.
Michael Ester, director of the Getty Art History Information Program, will
move from his position to become president of LUNA Imaging on September 1,
1993.

Concentrating on practical imaging solutions, LUNA will provide services
for the visual collections of museums and archives; technology to
preserve, manage, and access digital images; and new forms of electronic
publications to make such resources available for scholarship and
education.

The collaboration to establish LUNA leverages Kodak's expertise in
photography and digital image technology with the Getty's experience in
making arts and humanities scholarship more accessible throughout the
world.

"The Art History Information Program has become a respected leader in
arts-related scholarship and technology, but it cannot meet all the visual
needs of the academic community," explained Getty Trust President Harold
M. Williams. "This joint venture makes possible the creation of a range of
digital imaging services that neither organization could develop
independently, and will make those services available to institutions and
scholars," he continued.

"It's a good fit," said David Biehn, Kodak vice president and general
manager, Professional Imaging. "LUNA focuses our expertise all through the
imaging chain -- in film capture, scanning, processing, and both
electronic and print output. Its involvement in working with high-quality
source material provides an on-going challenge as we continue to develop
our capabilities."

As its first project, LUNA will produce a digital archive of several
thousand drawings from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation collection at
Taliesin West that will be available for use and research at the
Foundation in the coming year. Images derived from the digital archive --
comparable to high-quality print reproductions -- and accompanied by text
will be released as an electronic publication.

"Our goal is to ensure that the visual record of our historical and
artistic heritage will have lasting value in electronic form," said Ester.
"The archival images and systems we develop will meet the demands of
high-quality reproduction and support the way professionals use visual
materials in their work. The Frank Lloyd Wright Archives is a collection
of extraordinary beauty and importance that has had only limited
publication to date. The quality of the photographic and text
documentation of the Archives make it an ideal place for LUNA to begin
production. We look forward to projects with other institutions as well."

At the same time, the Getty Art History Information Program is establishing
an information and standards organization for digital imaging in the
visual arts as a separate, parallel effort. As interest in and enthusiasm
for electronic imaging expands and many different projects develop, this
organization will serve as an international forum for scholarly and
technical groups to explore key issues, establish standards, and use
publications and training to reach a wider audience.

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