15 Photo Restorations That Breathed New Life Into People’s Family Albums

Printed photos can deteriorate over the years for different reasons, ranging from environmental, like temperature, to the way we handle them. This is a nightmare for all of us who own trunks full of old family photos and especially for those who own few and rare glimpses into their past. Fortunately, there’s a whole community of people online who dedicate some of their time saving precious memories from fading forever.

Bright Side collected a number of photos with deep meaning for some folks that needed a bit of extra love (and tons of skill) to return to full glory. The results are nothing short of outstanding.

1. “Someone on Reddit offered to restore the only known photo of my uncle.”

2. “I didn’t realize what the image was until I started working on it, such a sweet moment.”

3. “This is the only picture of my grandpa and sister together and someone managed to get rid of the scribble marks for me.”

4. “A restoration I did a few years ago of the only picture we have of my grandfather.”

5. “Restored my mother’s college graduation photo that has been sitting in my dad’s wallet for the past 30 years.”

6. “An old family photo I found that someone restored the colors of and enhanced.”

7. “I gave my best shot at restoring this photo for my mother’s birthday.”

8. “This is the only photo of my dad during his youth. Was hoping someone could fix this and put a smile on his face. And it happened.”

9. “I wish I had more photos like this. Daddy didn’t like taking photos and this was the only one we could find.”

10. “A photo of myself at 15 years old that I sent to my mother back in the day”

11. “My father recently passed away and this is one of the oldest photos my mom has of us together.”

12. “This is my grandpa’s favorite picture of my grandma that he carries around, so I got it fixed up to print out a new one.”

13. “I love restoring my family photos using Photoshop. These are my parents in Houston, TX in 1966.”

14. “An old high school picture of my wife was damaged by 15 years in my wallet.”

15. “Someone saved my mom’s kindergarten picture. My daughter looks a lot like her and got a kick out of it.”

Do you have any old pics that you’d love to see restored? What’s the most precious photo you own?