Old photo restoration

We fix old, torn, faded, and water-damaged photos of the people you love.

Before you pay anything, we’ll show you the truth. Send us a photo of the photo. A real person looks at it for free and shows you what can come back and what can’t.

Show us the photo. The look is free.

You see it before it’s final
Love it or every dollar back
We never invent a face

Is your photo old, faded, or torn?
We bring back the people you love.

A cracked and water-stained studio portrait of a soldier and a young woman

The same portrait with the cracks and stains removed

A real photo, brought home. The look is free. You only pay if you love it.

A real restoration of a photo from a public archive.

↔ Wipe it yourself

Two ways we bring a photo back

Damaged is one thing. Blurry is another. Pick what your photo needs.

Repair damage

Torn, faded, water-damaged, creased

Tears mended, water marks lifted, a faded face brought back rich and clear. A real person checks every face before it goes home.

From $19 per photo

Repair a damaged photo

Sharpen & detail

Blurry, out of focus, low-quality

A soft, out-of-focus photo, or a tiny old scan. We clear the blur and bring back the detail your photo still holds, so you can see their face clearly again. We never invent a face.

$12 per photo

Sharpen a blurry photo

What we rescue

How it arrived. How it went home.

Faded and washed out

We pull the contrast back up and recover the light and dark detail still buried in the paper, so her face reads clearly again.

Fix a faded photo

A portrait, nearly lost to fading.

Torn or ripped

We rebuild the missing strip using the real detail on both sides of the tear, matching skin, cloth, and background so the join doesn’t show.

Fix a torn photo

A ragged tear through coat and background, rebuilt.

Cracked and creased

We flatten every crease and fill the white cracks where the emulsion lifted, working from the picture around them so nothing gets invented, and your original comes back to you exactly as it is.

Fix a creased photo

An 1865 plate with a crack straight through it.

Water. Mold. Stains. Writing on the photo. Send us yours before you decide it’s gone.
Before we start, we’ll say what can come back and what can’t.

How it works

Takes about 2 minutes to start. No account needed.

Show us the photo

Take a picture of it with your phone. That works fine. Your original never leaves your house.

We restore it and show you the truth

What we could bring back, and what we couldn’t. We won’t promise a miracle we can’t deliver.

You see it, then you decide

Nothing is final until you say yes. Tell us what to adjust before you approve. Don’t love it? Every dollar back.

Simple prices, by how much repair your photo needs

Not sure which? Start with the light one. If it needs more, we’ll tell you first and only charge more if you say yes.

Light touch-up

$19

Fading, dust and small marks
Faces cleaned, nothing changed
Print-ready file by email

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Our promise, in plain words

We never let software invent a face. If she can’t be recovered from the photo, we say so.
Your original never leaves your house. You only send us a picture of it.
Your photo stays private. Never shared without your permission, never sold, deleted after 30 days.
A real person compares it to your original, at full size.

Questions? Call or text (213) 394-9415. A real person answers, usually within the hour.
hello@theportraitkeeper.com

Serving families across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.