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PLEASE NOTE: THIS
SITE IS UNDERGOING REVISION, AND THE INFORMATION HEREON SHOULD NOT BE
CONSIDERED COMPLETE OR CORRECT AS LONG AS THIS NOTICE APPEARS!
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Examples
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This
gentleman
was the Czech uncle of a high school friend. He perished in the
Holocaust, making this photo over 60 years old. It's the only
existing picture of this relative, and my friend wondered if it was too
far gone to be restored. What do you think? |
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Rev.
Eli Looman
(1817-1901), a Methodist
minister in Ohio. Thus this photo is over
100 years old. It's damaged, dirty, and badly faded, but it's unique.
In the second frame it has been converted to black-and-white and the
contrast has been improved. The next frame shows the damage repaired
and preliminary cleaning up done. The fourth is the finished photo, but
if you prefer the sepia look, we can oblige, as in the fifth
frame. (Eli
was my great-great-great grandfather.)
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Leona
Pearl Keller Phillips
(1898-1984), here seen on the
deck of a riverboat on the Hudson
circa 1928. The original print is spoiled by chemical stains. Frame 2
shows the worst of the stains removed. In frame 3 the cleanup is
complete, and the photo has been given a bit more "snap". The fourth
and fifth frames show the old-fashioned wide borders and a simulated
deckled edge. (Leona
was my grandmother.)
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Leona again,
this time as an
infant, looking rather bewildered at having her first portrait taken.
The original cabinet card is badly scuffed, as well as dirty
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in fact, the damage is even more severe in the original print than is
visible here. This time we worked directly in sepia (for technical
reasons), reducing the visible scuffmarks, dirt and other defects.
There is also a black-and-white version for comparison. While there is
still some room for improvement, it would be at the cost of
considerable time. |
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More
examples to come ...
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