Lumiton is currently in the process of surveying, reviewing and stabilizing the materials that make up the donation of the Estudio Finquel Archive. Subsequently, it will begin the process of digitization to make it available to the public in our digital archive section.
The collection consists of negatives in 120 and 35 mm formats, flexible medium-format negatives, photographic positive copies, and original paper prints, but the majority of them are in an advanced state of deterioration. Therefore, the initial stage of the work to be done involves cleaning the items and using suitable materials for their proper storage, preservation, and subsequent digitization.
Leon Finquelievich was a showbiz photographer who worked during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, leading his own photographic studio dedicated to portraits of artists that were later used on theater marquees in Buenos Aires. Some of the most important figures in the Argentinian entertainment industry, such as Nélida Lobato, Alberto Olmedo, Sabina Olmos, and others, passed through his studio.