“Photographic Database of Balkan Cultural Heritage” Sebastian Kempgen University of Bamberg 1 • Project 2005 – 2008 • “Oberfrankenstiftung” (Foundation) • Computers, Server, Scanner, Software... • Camera, Lenses… • Staff • Excursions, Travels, Conferences • Acquisitions for Univ. Library • Publications • “Kodeks” web server 2 Aims: • Make Photographs • Create Image Database • Publish in print / on web • Buy Books • …for teaching and research 3 Countries • Bulgaria • Macedonia • Hungary • … 4 Content • Balkan Cultural Heritage • Inscriptions, Books, Texts • Architecture, Art, Places • … of interest to Slavists 5 6 7 8 Macedonia 2007 + 2008 9 Macedonia Excursion 2008 10 7.500 Photographs so far… Provadia Museum 11 Examples: • … • Ivan Rilski, Rila Monastery • … • … 12 Rila Monastery 13 Rila Monastery 14 Sv. Ivan Rilski 15 Rila Postnica 16 Rila Monastery 17 Sv. Ivan Rilski 18 Sv. Ivan Rilski 1999 2006 19 Sv. Ivan Rilski 20 Sv. Ivan Rilski 21 Sv. Ivan Rilski 22 Sv. Ivan Rilski 23 Sv. Ivan Rilski 24 Sv. Ivan Rilski 25 Examples: • … • Ivan Rilski • Preslav Inscriptions • … 26 Veliki Preslav 27 Veliki Preslav 28 Veliki Preslav 29 Veliki Preslav 1999 30 Veliki Preslav 1999 2007 31 Sept. 2007, Veliki Preslav 32 Sept. 2007, Veliki Preslav 33 Sept. 2007, Veliki Preslav 34 Sept. 2007, Veliki Preslav 35 Sept. 2007, Veliki Preslav 36 Examples: • … • Preslav Inscriptons • Plovdiv Architecture • … 37 Plovdiv Houses 38 Plovdiv Houses 2006 39 Plovdiv Houses 2007 2006 40 Examples: • … • Plovdiv Architecture • Balkan Postcards • … 41 Postcards from the Balkans • Historical Postcards • First Half of 20th Century • >1000 • Searchable Database 42 Balkan Postcards Postcards from … • Sofia • Russia • Zadar • …popular lately 43 44 Balkan Postcards 45 Balkan Postcards 46 Balkan Postcards 47 Balkan Postcards 48 Balkan Postcards 49 Balkan Postcards 50 Integrating Web Resources • Google Earth • Wikipedia • “Kodeks” Server • … 51 “Google Earth”: Placemark for Pliska 52 “Google Earth”: Placemark for Pliska 53 Kodeks-Server 54 Google Results 55 Wikipedia 56 Web 2.0 57 Publications… 58 …my 2 cents worth 59.