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This beautiful photo had faded badly and the emulsion was peeling off in large chunks.

Courtesy of the Library of Congress, from the Library’s digital collections that are free to use and reuse.

My client presented me with a copy photograph of the original image, which had become quite damaged and discolored over time.

Restoration objective: Enlarge mother and daughter and remove the two strangers. This photo was taken in the Norwegian mountains near Sirdalen in southern Norway.

Courtesy of the Library of Congress, from the Library’s digital collections that are free to use and reuse.

My client’s mother at age 16—a precious memory.

This beautiful photo of my client’s mother as a teenager had faded dramatically and lost all of its color. A general restoration and colorization brought back to life a precious moment in time so many years ago.

This sweet wedding photo presented me with multiple problems to solve. First, it was stuck to the frame glass and had to be scanned with the glass in place. It had sustained moisture damage, featured nasty stains, and had been printed on honey-comb textured paper. It had yellowed, and also faded to the point where […]

I fell in love with this photo—it is such a  beautiful mother-daughter portrait! But over the past 40 years the dark areas of the emulsion—especially in the faces—had developed a dense covering of white spots. This photo meant a great deal to my client, and I was so happy to be able to restore it […]

This cherished photo of my client’s mother had faded and turned dark and gray over time. It was nice to see it coming back to life!