Cheryl, My guess is that digitizing would be more expensive that standard photography unless, of course, you have access to the computer gear and not to the photographic. I consider color xerox to be terrific for works originally on paper--drawings, etchings, documents, etc., but not quite as great for photos. The major problem is that easily obtained maximum size is 11 X 17. I am not aware of any actual evidence that there is any differency in potential damage to the original caused by photographic copying, scanning, or xeroxing (b&w or color). I would be very happy to have any references on this subject. HTH Michaele and David Haynes [log in to unmask]