How A 90-Year-Old Photograph Is Professionally Conserved | Refurbished

Monique Fischer is a senior photograph conservator with the Northeast Document Conservation Center. She shows us how to restore a 90-year-old panorama photo. This includes cleaning the photograph, mending tears, in-painting, and flattening the photograph.
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How A 90-Year-Old Photograph Is Professionally Conserved | Refurbished

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  • @dahliam77
    @dahliam773 жыл бұрын

    The sign "art work under here" really shows how much they care about these pieces of history

  • @colel.1435

    @colel.1435

    3 жыл бұрын

    I mean it doesn’t have to mean that. There are “this side up” arrows on mail but UPS still seems to screw that up.

  • @shujasiddiqui533
    @shujasiddiqui5333 жыл бұрын

    i have never seen such a long photo. what cameras they used to use 90 years ago?!

  • @tgonzalezcrespo

    @tgonzalezcrespo

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's likely it was more than one photo negative "stitched" together in a darkroom

  • @TRPL6

    @TRPL6

    3 жыл бұрын

    I delivered once pizza to the mars chocolate factory on elmwood park,IL & loved the beautiful long picture of like 1969 just crazy how there was little land to more land little by little

  • @arothmanmusic

    @arothmanmusic

    3 жыл бұрын

    There were special panoramic cameras from the late 1800s onward. One called the Cirkut used large format film, ranging in width from 5" to 16" and was capable of producing a 360-degree photograph measuring up to 20 feet long. Both the camera and the film rotated on a special tripod during the exposure.

  • @orenjirenji
    @orenjirenji3 жыл бұрын

    I would last hundreds of years too if i was treated like this!

  • @Sean.W.

    @Sean.W.

    3 жыл бұрын

    LOL 😂

  • @shanayjacobs6724

    @shanayjacobs6724

    3 жыл бұрын

    L0

  • @midgardlife

    @midgardlife

    2 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant

  • @jnnfrcyy____

    @jnnfrcyy____

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @duo2146
    @duo21463 жыл бұрын

    Imagine working hard to restore a photo and then realizing it’s a 20 year old meme

  • @kaitlyncleary3424

    @kaitlyncleary3424

    3 жыл бұрын

    What do you mean

  • @duo2146

    @duo2146

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kaitlyncleary3424 I mean like it’s a photo of a meme. Just realized what I said could be kinDa confusing but whatever

  • @kaitlyncleary3424

    @kaitlyncleary3424

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@duo2146 how can it be a meme

  • @uriel5951

    @uriel5951

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kaitlyncleary3424 girl bye you dont understand

  • @kaitlyncleary3424

    @kaitlyncleary3424

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@uriel5951 i don't. I don't see how a picture this old would be a meme. Has it gone viral to be a meme?

  • @chris24hdez
    @chris24hdez3 жыл бұрын

    I love this. More photography restoration please! Perhaps motion picture film and negative/positive conservation!

  • @HalfWarrior
    @HalfWarrior3 жыл бұрын

    Such incredible work! I think your abilities are likey very rare and unique! Excellent to learn! The only restoration I've ever don was digitally through Photoshop and then the need to re-print onto new substrate with inks. this is wonderful!

  • @banglawaz9610
    @banglawaz96103 жыл бұрын

    Couple of days ago I saw a japanese guy who does the restoration of vintage pictures but in a different way.He uses chemicals instead of using paint and brush.

  • @cesarebachelli

    @cesarebachelli

    3 жыл бұрын

    Maybe it depends on factors such as age, exposure, dirt and type of material?

  • @Wawa-rm8nu

    @Wawa-rm8nu

    3 жыл бұрын

    can you give me the link?

  • @criticalhard

    @criticalhard

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Wawa-rm8nu a year ago and still no like that's sad :( I'd like to see that too.

  • @drwhoscumrag
    @drwhoscumrag3 жыл бұрын

    "Japanese paper" washi kozo?!?!

  • @bethhague8470

    @bethhague8470

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes probably is lol, it was annoying me too

  • @aurolaf
    @aurolaf3 жыл бұрын

    I starred at the thumbnail thinking it was two pictures for comparison but actually one picture combined past to now 😅

  • @bellbastos1
    @bellbastos12 жыл бұрын

    I loved this video so much! It's beautiful to see such a respectful and mastered work. Brought me peace.

  • @JM-to9dk
    @JM-to9dk3 жыл бұрын

    “Japanese paper.” So…washi kōzo?

  • @bluwolf098
    @bluwolf0983 жыл бұрын

    All the adults there are probably dead, some of those children might be alive, but very old.

  • @crixxxxxxxxx

    @crixxxxxxxxx

    3 жыл бұрын

    Even the youngest boys would be around 100.

  • @madhurakamat1656

    @madhurakamat1656

    3 жыл бұрын

    Weird feeling no

  • @bluwolf098

    @bluwolf098

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@madhurakamat1656 I’ve binge watched the Proper People’s abandoned asylum, mental hospital, and hospital videos. I sometimes can imagine how life use to be there and how horrible or nice their living conditions were. I’m use to that feeling.

  • @bigredc222

    @bigredc222

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you watch old movies from the 30s and 40s it cool to see how they talked and dressed, and lived.

  • @andreadelao500
    @andreadelao5003 жыл бұрын

    *Thank you sharing* 😄

  • @urban_gse_

    @urban_gse_

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bro stop

  • @arturog.8276

    @arturog.8276

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@urban_gse_ 👉💣👈

  • @percyyt7201

    @percyyt7201

    3 жыл бұрын

    *Your sucks grammar* 🌹 ✨ 🌹

  • @urban_gse_

    @urban_gse_

    3 жыл бұрын

    stop being wierd 🌹✨🌹

  • @cottoncandysuperstaraj2181

    @cottoncandysuperstaraj2181

    3 жыл бұрын

    No way you have over 100k, stupid bot.

  • @ouinner
    @ouinner3 жыл бұрын

    0:12 I stared too hard at first and I thought I was experiencing vertigo 😅

  • @raxanimations7215
    @raxanimations72153 жыл бұрын

    That's a lot of hard work

  • @DerHirni
    @DerHirni3 жыл бұрын

    For digital conservation/restauration, AI can do a pretty damn good job nowadays. Of course that's not the same thing as restoring a physical picture though!

  • @bananasaging9234
    @bananasaging92343 жыл бұрын

    The music fits well for this

  • @carmelpatrik
    @carmelpatrik3 жыл бұрын

    Well the photo went from Sepia to B/W.

  • @iDelta77
    @iDelta772 жыл бұрын

    Such a pleasure to watch the process. What a treat!

  • @OmerMan992
    @OmerMan9923 жыл бұрын

    Very calming 😌

  • @garrettdelhommer6061
    @garrettdelhommer60613 жыл бұрын

    It really is amazing to see pictures from history

  • @Akairi
    @Akairi3 жыл бұрын

    damn They are gonna do this to memes in 2111

  • @anitachandra2030
    @anitachandra20303 жыл бұрын

    100 years later this photo will be restored again.

  • @zenkakuji3776
    @zenkakuji37762 жыл бұрын

    This was fascinating to watch the restoration process. Recently, I have been restoring old family photos. Afterwards, I will make a high resolution digital version and attempt colorization of the original. It is surprising how the individuals in the photos come alive in these enhanced versions. This may be of interest to your clients as well to gain a unique perspective on these historical photographs.

  • @TalismanTopG-
    @TalismanTopG-3 жыл бұрын

    This 100 years old panoramic picture shows up when I thought panorama came only some years back on iphone.🤦🏼‍♂️

  • @goaboi
    @goaboi3 жыл бұрын

    this belongs in the ASMR category :)

  • @two-face1041

    @two-face1041

    3 жыл бұрын

    As do most of the videos in this series

  • @zhengwuxie
    @zhengwuxie3 жыл бұрын

    the first thing to conserve a photograph is scanning

  • @MarcoS-nt5hg
    @MarcoS-nt5hg3 жыл бұрын

    wow that’s incredible !!

  • @angelapa9513
    @angelapa95133 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting thank you

  • @mx.confused
    @mx.confused3 жыл бұрын

    The twins in the thumbnail took me an embarrassingly long time to make since of.

  • @rebeccashuman6199
    @rebeccashuman61993 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this video

  • @balbirkalsi5072
    @balbirkalsi50723 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!

  • @jojoplayz8424
    @jojoplayz84243 жыл бұрын

    That looks really cool

  • @trm7391
    @trm73913 жыл бұрын

    Does anybody know how much it would cost to conserve a photograph like that one?

  • @stephenburns3678

    @stephenburns3678

    Жыл бұрын

    I would like to know the answer myself ?

  • @MatsLM
    @MatsLM2 жыл бұрын

    Man, this looks so cool!

  • @zwartekatsite
    @zwartekatsite3 жыл бұрын

    Honestly, I prefer the before look. Nice that it's flattened though.

  • @giovanniagk
    @giovanniagk3 жыл бұрын

    How would someone frame panoramic photos?

  • @Floweroftheprairie2720

    @Floweroftheprairie2720

    Жыл бұрын

    You can buy tools to cut matte and then make a wooden frame. In other words, you have to do it or hire someone to make it for you

  • @StarCrusher.
    @StarCrusher.3 жыл бұрын

    How did they take a shot this wide? I doubt they used a lense that was actually that wi6fe?

  • @tgonzalezcrespo

    @tgonzalezcrespo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mishimoqua It's likely it was more than one photo negative "stitched" together in a darkroom

  • @Vedrajrm
    @Vedrajrm3 жыл бұрын

    I can imagine this costing hundreds of not thousands of dollars

  • @Amitdas-gk2it
    @Amitdas-gk2it3 жыл бұрын

    TY 😘

  • @brijesh6270
    @brijesh62703 жыл бұрын

    when you realise photographs were invented almost a 100 years ago-

  • @urban_gse_

    @urban_gse_

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ikr

  • @larsiparsii

    @larsiparsii

    3 жыл бұрын

    The oldest surviving photograph is almost 200 years old, though.

  • @brijesh6270

    @brijesh6270

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@larsiparsii oh wow i didnt know that-

  • @brijesh6270

    @brijesh6270

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@larsiparsii that sounded kinda sarcastic but its not

  • @larsiparsii

    @larsiparsii

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@brijesh6270 Np, glad to have enlightened your day! 😉 That's why there's pictures of the Titanic, for example.

  • @frank-gavinmoratalla7942
    @frank-gavinmoratalla79423 жыл бұрын

    Restoration looks proper relaxin a task!

  • @nvaesyear4250
    @nvaesyear42503 жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @Cendikiawan
    @Cendikiawan3 жыл бұрын

    She treated a photo like her own daughter

  • @Lightsoutandawaywego44
    @Lightsoutandawaywego442 жыл бұрын

    The good peeps in heaven will be glad to see their photograph restored

  • @Gohan.Gokujr
    @Gohan.Gokujr3 жыл бұрын

    Wow 😯

  • @AndresLeonRangel
    @AndresLeonRangel Жыл бұрын

    I love it. I am not 100% in agreement with the alcohol and water technique. I heard of some mineral oil.

  • @DanielGrijal
    @DanielGrijal3 жыл бұрын

    The music tho

  • @leeb.patersons6463

    @leeb.patersons6463

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s the adagio cantabile piano sonata no 8 by Beethoven I believe

  • @kris6315
    @kris63153 жыл бұрын

    Wow. Interesting. Can u do more marine corp videos

  • @elijahvega5915
    @elijahvega59152 жыл бұрын

    How did I end up here? Very fascinating tho lol 👍

  • @watchdealer11
    @watchdealer113 жыл бұрын

    WHY IS THE VIDEO QUALITY SO BAD?!

  • @deltalubelubricantsindones999
    @deltalubelubricantsindones9992 жыл бұрын

    The photo itself still in good shape though

  • @AC-sh9po
    @AC-sh9po2 ай бұрын

    Many problems with this conservation process. (1) Prior to cleaning the back of the photograph, the front of the photograph should be at least spot cleaned with a blower (like the Orbit HEPA blower) or spot wet-cleaning on areas with accretions/dirt because the pressure you apply to the back when cleaning with sponges may cause damage or small indentations on the photo if larger surface dirt isn't removed. (2) Water and alcohol is not the greatest solution to use on photographs because water will swell the gelatin. Far better to use something like PEC-12, which doesn't contain water. (3) The strokes used on the photograph during the front-cleaning are atrocious in terms of technique. Abrasion to the photograph can come from two different sources - the cleaning material itself, or the dirt that comes from the photograph itself. Continuing to use long circular strokes when the cotton has already picked up any type of surface dirt risks abrasion to the photograph as you are just dragging the dirt across the surface. Best practice is to replace the cotton swab/PEC-PAD the moment it picks up any dirt. Cleaning photographic surfaces is very time-intensive. This was a lazy way of doing it. (4) The back of the photograph is being cleaned with too many passes. Probably better to use Absorene soot sponge with a HEPA purifier running and a directed fan for ventilation (to disperse any sulfur smell quickly); a couple of passes would have almost certainly have gotten most of that dirt off without abrading the fibers so much. Dust off with Orbit HEPA blower or a clean new soft brush to remove any residue, even if invisible to the eye. (5) Long panoramic photos like these should not have been placed in archival polyester without any backing. 100% cotton-rag buffered museum board should have been placed on the back as a backing. If the client cannot control the humidity in the storage area, then plastic shouldn't have been used at all. Instead, photograph should be stored between two pieces of 4-ply or 8-ply buffered (for the back) and unbuffered (for the front) museum board.

  • @EBOfox
    @EBOfox2 жыл бұрын

    Yo She's got the Same Last name as me 🤣

  • @DryAnammite
    @DryAnammite3 жыл бұрын

    Ok

  • @REA.Design.Studio
    @REA.Design.Studio3 жыл бұрын

    its amazing this is a profitable business model.

  • @codyheiner3636
    @codyheiner36363 жыл бұрын

    Am I the only one who thought the left half of the thumbnail looked better than the right?

  • @musiclaboratory9694
    @musiclaboratory96943 жыл бұрын

    So we just going to pretend we can't see that serial killer in the front row?...ight den.

  • @vijayjha8195
    @vijayjha81953 жыл бұрын

    Photograph op

  • @asyrafimk
    @asyrafimk3 жыл бұрын

    5 minutes craft: just use potatoes.

  • @andremoraes6348
    @andremoraes63483 жыл бұрын

    😲😲😲

  • @neo7i
    @neo7i3 жыл бұрын

    Cool

  • @momentadi2373
    @momentadi23733 жыл бұрын

    Woww

  • @archangel9092
    @archangel90923 жыл бұрын

    Shouldnt she be wearing gloves tho

  • @miabasile6004

    @miabasile6004

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's what I thought

  • @Teekoness

    @Teekoness

    3 жыл бұрын

    Another conservator talked about that, apparently for a lot of things, they need the sensitivity bare hands provide.

  • @theanti-hero3983
    @theanti-hero39833 жыл бұрын

    O

  • @criticalhard
    @criticalhard2 жыл бұрын

    We don't have these kind of pictures nowadays and yet we brag about how "advanced" we are lmao we're lame. Btw these pictures should be scanned that helps preserve it longer.

  • @ThatShyGuyMatt
    @ThatShyGuyMatt3 жыл бұрын

    Or I can just use a machine to scan it then I can photoshop over any tears/rips....etc. And colorize it. :P

  • @TessaBury

    @TessaBury

    3 жыл бұрын

    You could; but that'd be serving a different goal. This is about the preservation and conservation of an archival piece; I don't think the client would be interested in being given an edited photocopy of their work. Also: Removing dirt reveals detail that digital image manipulation would have to invent.

  • @REA.Design.Studio
    @REA.Design.Studio3 жыл бұрын

    those kids were probably born around 1915-1920 making them prime age to fight a world war, how unfortunate.

  • @extra8088
    @extra80883 жыл бұрын

    i feel like the comments are botted

  • @darthslackus499
    @darthslackus4993 жыл бұрын

    Old school photoshop.

  • @notguestinfinite6267
    @notguestinfinite62673 жыл бұрын

    A random person approved of this video

  • @urban_gse_

    @urban_gse_

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cool

  • @sanjayr2983
    @sanjayr29833 жыл бұрын

    2nd maybe

  • @err_404_name_not_found9

    @err_404_name_not_found9

    3 жыл бұрын

    *4th

  • @MetalMilitia072583
    @MetalMilitia0725833 жыл бұрын

    surface cleaning with bare hands smh

  • @infinitivecabbage
    @infinitivecabbage3 жыл бұрын

    I thought a 90-year-old woman refurbished an old photograph.

  • @christinajames5310
    @christinajames53103 жыл бұрын

    Hi everyone who comented right now

  • @urban_gse_

    @urban_gse_

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi! 😁

  • @papanovembermusic
    @papanovembermusic3 жыл бұрын

    I've checked and that Japanese paper is really expensive, have you tried sticky tape or masking tape, that stuff is also yellow.

  • @avijitkabiraj2187
    @avijitkabiraj21873 жыл бұрын

    Read comedy of coffin on kindle written by Avijit Kabiraj. Introduction : Two unemployed boys were employed by a mafia boss, their job is to bury a dead chef in the criminal's cemetery. The chef is the pasta maker whom the boss accidentally shot dead. The boys were chased by the police, shot by a sniper, rested in a church, kidnapped by an evil doctor, electrocuted, freezed, roasted, couple of ladies didn't spare them, survived the strange graveyard but when they returned after burying the dead chef, found the boss in a coffin...

  • @christinajames5310
    @christinajames53103 жыл бұрын

    4th

  • @DSLRWalayBhai
    @DSLRWalayBhai3 жыл бұрын

    The video was so badly edited. Too lengthy shots and nothing really happening. I expect to see top notch content on this channel. This was disappointing.

  • @alex2115
    @alex21153 жыл бұрын

    First

  • @Paulkjoss
    @Paulkjoss3 жыл бұрын

    All nice and all but who is paying for a couple of weeks of work for an old photo that a few people will appreciate? Probably your taxes.

  • @tgonzalezcrespo

    @tgonzalezcrespo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ahhh probably collectors

  • @two-face1041

    @two-face1041

    3 жыл бұрын

    Collectors museums possibly someone who found an old photo of their grandfather in their attic

  • @I_WANT_MY_SLAW
    @I_WANT_MY_SLAW3 жыл бұрын

    Its 90 years old. Everyone in that picture is dead. No need to save it.

  • @oyyeabhay
    @oyyeabhay3 жыл бұрын

    I do it with colorize.

  • @elcardom7361
    @elcardom73613 жыл бұрын

    It's not gray!

  • @user-zx7co3fd9q
    @user-zx7co3fd9q3 жыл бұрын

    I have a good day to