Plate 04 — Albumen Family Portrait (c. 1898). Severe water ring oxidation and surface scratching across the primary subject removed via digital emulsion alignment while fully preserving historical paper texture.
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Deep restorations in progress
Water-damaged albumen print
Severe moisture saturation had dissolved the emulsion layer across the subject's features. We employed spectral analysis and manual pigment digital retouching to reconstruct the missing surface without smoothing genuine paper texture.
Fragmented tintype portrait
Broken into four physical pieces with oxidized metal flaking along the fracture lines. Digital re-alignment and tone restoration brought back the sitter's uniform detail and sharp facial features.
Silver-faded family grouping
Decades of UV exposure had turned the dark tones into a ghostly silver mirror sheen. Spectral separation filters isolated the underlying silver detail, producing a museum-grade archival pigment print.
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