Lowry Digital Scans Glass Negatives Belived to be Early Works of Ansel Adams

In efforts to authenticate 61 glass photo negatives as the early works of photographer Ansel Adams, Lowry Digital, a Reliance MediaWorks company based in Burbank, California, produced high-quality, full-image scans of the negatives. The scanning took place at Lowry Digital's facility, which offers high-level security and a clean room environment. The scans were catalogued and supplied to a group of experts who are assessing the materials for authenticity.

Lowry Digital is a state-of-the-art postproduction resource that utilizes proprietary image processing science to deliver superior moving picture elements for a wide range of content owners and producers. Motion picture applications include film restorations, emergency image repair, digital blow-ups and digital intermediate enhancements. The company's unique technology - The Lowry Process - is used to create unsurpassed image quality at every stage of the motion picture workflow for all outputs, including film, broadcast television, commercials, digital cinema, Blu-ray, or web-based video.

Lowry Digital's clients are predominantly Hollywood industry giants like Walt Disney, Paramount Pictures, MGM and 20th Century Fox and entertainment leaders like George Lucas and James Cameron.