We mend the photo. Never the people in it.
The one picture of Grandma. Mom and Dad on their wedding day. Great-grandpa in uniform, kept in a shoebox for a hundred years. Send it to us torn, faded or water-stained, and get it back the way you remember them.
Every version is held up against yours, face by face.
We open in a few days. Leave your email and we'll tell you first.
Grandma has to look like Grandma.
Most photo apps redraw a face they can't read, and hand you back a stranger. We mend every photo several times, in different ways, then hold each version up against yours. Anything that adds, removes or changes a person gets unpicked.
If no version passes, you don't pay for that photo. We refund it automatically.
Photos that came home
Drag across each one to see it before and after. These are archival photos, mended exactly the way yours will be.
The officer in the tintype
Tarnish blotches across the face. His beard, uniform and buckle are his own.
Cut from a 1914 newspaper
Creased twice and printed in dots. Now a photograph again.
A 1974 slide gone red
We bring back the colors the film actually saw: the white shirt, the wood, the faces.
The photos people send us
Almost always the only copy, and almost always of someone who isn't here to sit for another one.
The only photo of Grandma.
For the service this week, the frame on the mantel, the cousins who never met her. Files usually arrive within 30 minutes.
Their wedding day.
An anniversary gift that makes them cry the good way.
Before he shipped out.
The uniform, the young face, the last photo before everything changed.
The house we grew up in.
Faded, curled and water-marked, and still the place everyone remembers.
Then, if you'd like, let them move again.
We can bring a mended photo to life for a few seconds: a breath, a blink, the start of a smile. Gentle, never theatrical, and always the same faces you remember.
Every living photo is checked face by face like everything else. If the motion changes who someone is, we don't send it, and you're refunded for it.
Get notified when we openHow it works
Send the photo
Up to 10 at once. A scan is best; a flat, glare-free phone picture of the print works too.
See it mended, free
In about a minute you see each photo mended, before you pay anything.
Choose what you'd like
Color, a living photo.
Get your files
Usually within 30 minutes, by email.
Prices
Card and Apple Pay accepted.
Mending
Add to a photo
If we can't mend it, you don't pay for it.
You see a free preview before you pay. If none of our versions passes the face-by-face check, that photo is refunded automatically. If a color version or living photo doesn't meet our standard, that part is refunded. And if you're not happy for any reason, write to us within 14 days.
Your photos are used only for your order and deleted after 30 days.
Questions
What kind of photos can you mend?
Prints, slides, tintypes and newspaper clippings with tears, creases, stains, fading, water damage, mold spots or a color cast. Very small or very blurry photos mend less well, so send the largest scan you have.
Do I have to mail you the original?
No. The original never leaves your hands. A scan is best, but a phone picture works: take the print out of its sleeve or frame, lay it flat near a window, turn the flash off, and hold the phone straight above it so there's no glare.
I need it for a memorial service in a few days. Is that enough time?
Yes. You see the free preview in about a minute, and your finished files usually arrive within 30 minutes of paying, ready to print anywhere or use in a slideshow.
Can I give it as a gift?
Yes, and many people do. Use your own email, and you'll get the files to print, frame or share however you like.
Will it still look like my family?
That is what our checks are for. A version that changes a face, a hairstyle or clothing is unpicked before you see it. Where damage has destroyed part of a photo, we rebuild only the plainest continuation of what's still there, and we never add hats, jewelry or people.
Is the free preview the final photo?
No. The preview is one quick mend so you can see what's possible. After you pay, your photo goes through our full process and checks, and you receive it at full size without the watermark.
What is a living photo?
A short video, about five seconds, made from your mended photo: a breath, a blink, a small smile. We keep the motion gentle so the people stay exactly who they are. If it doesn't pass our check, that part is refunded.
How long does it take?
Usually under 30 minutes for your files. Prints are made and shipped within 2 to 5 business days, and you'll get a tracking number by email.
Can you remove a person or change the background?
No. We mend photos as they were taken. We don't add, remove or change anything in them.
Is my photo private?
Your photo is used only to mend it for you, and it's deleted 30 days after your order. We don't sell or share customer photos or use them for anything else.
Bring their faces home.
We open in a few days. Leave your email and we'll tell you first.