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Topic: Recommendations: Kodak photo restoration
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moonnut
Member Posts: 248
From: Andover, MN
Registered: Apr 2013
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posted 01-25-2017 11:33 PM
   
Does anyone by chance know of an excellent place that does professional restoration of vintage Kodak photos? |
SpaceyInMN
Member Posts: 355
From: Andover, MN
Registered: Dec 2013
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posted 01-26-2017 12:27 AM
Try contacting the Minnesota Historical Society. Years ago, my father contacted them about a document restoration and they were able to provide a list of restoration companies and experts. They may have similar information pertaining to photo restoration. |
Chuckster01
Member Posts: 873
From: Orlando, FL
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 01-26-2017 05:00 AM
I had a Kodak photo from Tom Foley's estate that was signed by all of the shuttle test pilots but had fairly severe water damage.After more then a year of talking to many people the general consensus was the only way to restore a photograph is to make a copy of it. I chose to cut the 16x20 down to an 8x10 and save all of the undamaged signatures I could. It was not my first choice. |
Mike Dixon
Member Posts: 1397
From: Kew, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2003
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posted 01-26-2017 06:03 AM
I imagine that would be one difficult task but you never know. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-26-2017 06:38 AM
Depending on the nature of the photo, you might enlist the help of a conservator. From the National Archives: The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) has a Find a Conservator website that provides lists of conservation professionals searchable by location, by specialization, and by the type of service.Consult their Guide to Finding a Conservator to learn more about questions to ask when selecting a conservator. Among the conservators' areas of specialty the site lists is photographic material. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 968
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 01-26-2017 08:33 AM
There is a big difference between restoring an old photographic image and salvaging the damaged paper photograph itself. Any older image captured via negative, slide, or print can indeed be restored to near its original glory. However, a deteriorated printed paper photo, of any brand name, cannot be returned to a pristine condition. Good luck, as would love to be proven wrong on this issue. |
moonnut
Member Posts: 248
From: Andover, MN
Registered: Apr 2013
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posted 01-29-2017 10:39 AM
Thanks for the suggestions. Also the links, Robert. The photos are not extremely damaged. They just need some foxing or oxidation at the corners and edges removed, paper clip marks and waviness rolled out and flattened and re-glossed. Here are the pics. They are 11x14, A Kodak Paper watermark photos.  
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