oa Empowering cultural heritage photography. A low-cost, automated, open-source approach

Modern digital cameras can capture the materiality of an object to a great level of detail, making photography an increasingly useful tool in the field of cultural heritage. Despite the broad availability of digital cameras, performing high-quality photography is still typically connected to the usage of costly equipment, which is not accessible to many institutions. In this article we highlight the need for accessible solutions for high-quality cultural heritage photography and—without going into the technical details—present our efforts to fill this gap.