Photo Restoration - Tear/Rip

[Runscott]

Mounted Albumen Restoration

I've been playing around with restoring mounted albumen photos, and have had some success. I recently cleaned a couple that were very dirty and was surprised that the mount cleaned up some as well. I have also removed albumens from mounts and re-attached to either similar mounts or brand new ones.

The nice thing about mounted photos is that the mount protects the physical print - you can have totally trashed mounts with near-perfect condition prints mounted to them. You can then remove the print from the mount, cleaning the print in the process, then re-mount it to a new mount….or a vintage one. The only trick is finding a mat that matches up well, and re-creating any embellishments. But that's not impossible.

If anyone has candidates they would like me to look at, feel free to send an email. I can show you 'before and after' images and give an assessment.