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Back in Color

A creased sepia portrait, restored and colorized for a memorial.

Deliverable
Memorial portrait
Techniques
Photo restoration, Colorization, Retouching
Format
Before / after
The restored portrait in full color — dark hair, trimmed beard, grey suit and black tie — on a soft charcoal studio background.
A faded sepia studio portrait of a bearded man in a suit, with a crease running across the forehead and stains across the paper.

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The brief

An old studio portrait — creased across the forehead, stained and faded to sepia — needed to become a dignified image for a memorial tribute.

The craft

Cracks and stains were rebuilt by hand and facial detail recovered, keeping the features of the person in the original. The portrait was then colorized — skin, hair, suit and tie — and set against a soft, neutral studio background that suits a printed tribute.

The result

A portrait that feels present rather than archival, prepared with the care the occasion deserves.

A faded sepia studio portrait of a bearded man in a suit, with a crease running across the forehead and stains across the paper.
A Before
The restored portrait in full color — dark hair, trimmed beard, grey suit and black tie — on a soft charcoal studio background.
B After