Creating an IR legacy

["Andy Frazer" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been reading a lot of books of the old masters lately: 
Ansel Adams, Carleton Watkins, Todd Webb and, my personal
favorites, J.E. Stimson and David Plowden.  It got me thinking
about where I want all my negatives to go after I've
reached my peak as a photographer and after I've passed away.

These guys were (are) so good that universities fight for the 
right to get all their negatives (except Ansel who has his own
institute).  Has anyone out there thought about what going to
happen to their negatives after they're gone?  It seems that
infrared photography is unique enough that some of us should be
able to produce many negatives of some sort of historical or
documentary importance (imagine living in the year 2100 and 
owning the world's *only* infrared photograph of Joe's Barbershop
which used to exist on Main St back in the 20th century!!!).
Maybe I have to switch to large format just to make your negatives 
archive-worthy.  

Has anyone given this any thought, particularly with respect to
infrared photography?

Andy Frazer
www.gorillasites.com

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