Repair
Tears, creases, missing corners, water damage, mold stains, foxing, adhesive residue from old albums. Reconstructed by hand, with the surrounding texture matched.
Digital Cleanup & Restoration
Damaged, faded, or torn? We bring it back — bespoke digital restoration.
From dust and scratches to torn corners, faded tones, and full colorization of historical photographs. Every project is hand-restored by a human eye to honor the original's character. Quoted individually, scoped on intake.
Bespoke
Every project scoped and quoted individually
RestoreCleanup + repair
RecoverColor + tone
ReimagineColorization
Bespoke quote
Hand-restored
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A photograph that's seen a hundred years deserves more than a one-size filter. Our restoration work is done by hand, frame by frame, with the same conservator's eye we bring to museum-grade scanning and reproduction. We honor what the original wanted to be — the light, the mood, the character — and quietly take away what time put in the way.
What we restore
From a smudge to a missing corner.
Every restoration job is different, but most fall in three buckets — and we routinely combine them. Whatever shape your originals are in, we'll scope what's recoverable and what would be honest to leave alone.
Cleanup
Dust, scratches, fingerprints, emulsion cracks, paper grain artifacts, print pattern moiré. Removed without softening detail or smoothing skin into plastic.
Recovery
Faded color, shifted tones, yellowed paper, magenta cast, sun-bleached skies. Brought back to a balanced original — or to a deliberate period look if that's what fits the piece.
A second life for monochrome work
Colorization.
Black-and-white photographs reimagined in color — period-accurate skin tones, era-appropriate fabric, researched palettes for historical pieces. We can also re-color photos whose original color has shifted so far it reads as monochrome again. Done with restraint: the goal is honoring the moment, not adding what wasn't there.
Bespoke pricing per project, quoted after we see the originals.
The process
From intake to final master.
A linear flow that mirrors the way physical conservators work — assess first, never overcommit, deliver with the original intact.
Assess
We review the originals and scope what's possible. Free at the project level; deeper assessments are folded into the quote.
Cleanup
Master scan first, then dust, scratch, tear, and stain work — handled in a non-destructive pipeline so every step is reversible.
Tone & color
Faded tones brought back, casts removed, balance restored. Colorization happens in this pass if the project calls for it.
Deliver
16-bit TIFF master + display-ready JPGs via the client portal. Original physical pieces return untouched.
Why bespoke
No two restorations are the same.
Damage doesn't standardize. One photograph might need an hour of dust work; the next, a week of reconstruction. We don't pretend otherwise with off-the-shelf pricing tiers — every project is reviewed, scoped, and quoted individually so you only pay for the work the piece actually needs.
Three ways to work with us
Local, national, or onsite anywhere in the world.
Locally, in Denver
Colorado clients drop off and collect in person at our Denver lab, review samples, and meet the team. By appointment.
Visit the labBy shipment, nationwide
Clients across the U.S. ship film, artwork, prints, and archival materials to the lab — tracked and insured — for scanning, reproduction, and documentation.
Start a projectOnsite, worldwide
For major museum, estate, gallery, and cultural-heritage projects, we bring the lab to your collection anywhere in the world.
Onsite preservationFrequently asked questions
What kinds of damage can you restore?
Dust and scratches, tears and creases, water and mold staining, silvering, fading, and color shifts. We also reconstruct missing corners and edges and can fully colorize black-and-white photographs. Every project is assessed on intake — some damage is fully reversible, some is reduced as far as the original allows.
Do you work from prints, or do you need the negative?
Either. We restore from a high-resolution scan of a print, slide, or negative. If you haven't digitized the original yet, our film-scanning and art-reproduction services can capture it at archival quality first, and the restoration works from that master.
How much does restoration cost?
Restoration is bespoke and quoted per project — the price depends on the extent of the damage, the number of images, and whether colorization is involved. Share a few details on a discovery call and we'll scope it and quote before any work begins.
Will the restored image still look like the original?
Yes. Every project is hand-restored frame by frame to honor the original's character — the light, the tone, and the mood. We remove what time added without inventing detail that was never there; the goal is faithful recovery, not a synthetic reinterpretation.
How long does a restoration take?
It depends on the complexity and volume, which we confirm in the quote. Because the work is done by hand rather than by a one-click filter, timelines are set per project — we'll give you a realistic estimate on scoping.
Digital restoration projects
Tell us about your project.