marentius Posted August 31, 2013 Share #1 Posted August 31, 2013 Hi, I have got a nice 1st air cav pho album from the Vn war era,with a lot of pics.Some of them,in color,seem like they are turning an indeed frightening pinkish shade and loosing the color strenght.They are inside the original album,not exposed to light. any help and suggestion will be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidercollector Posted August 31, 2013 Share #2 Posted August 31, 2013 Put them in archival sleeves. and keep them out of the sun light. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRR Posted August 31, 2013 Share #3 Posted August 31, 2013 I would not leave them in the album unprotected unless they have been mounted to the paper. Biggest enemy is as stated, sunlight, then comes moisture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Michael Posted August 31, 2013 Share #4 Posted August 31, 2013 Also the paper of the album is acidic and that will degrade the photos as well. I Would remove them from the paper and put into some type of archival sleeves. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giovanni R. Posted September 1, 2013 Share #5 Posted September 1, 2013 Even common archivial sleeves can be acidic, you should look for an acidic free photo album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marentius Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share #6 Posted September 1, 2013 Thank you very much for all the suggestions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shenkursk Posted September 1, 2013 Share #7 Posted September 1, 2013 Besides the normal concerns about fading from exposure to UV or staining from contact with non-archival material, these have an inherent ticking time bomb all their own. The problem is unstable dyes that were used to replicate the color. Cyan shifts first, leaving photos with an oddly increased red hue. Nothing can be done to reverse this, but you can slow it by storing them in a 'cold storage' environment - below zero in a no-frost system. That's not really practical for most of us, so I highly recommend making digital copies. You can correct any pre-existing color shift in photoshop, restoring the photo to how it looked before the decay started. Make sure you keep the files in current media (whatever computers of the day are using) so that they are not lost due to obsolescence, and print off a copy for display whenever you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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