Photograph Conservation & Restoration
 

ENSBA – Before treatment – Teared photograph – Inpainting

ENSBA – Before treatment – Teared photograph – Inpainting

Inpainting dots on the print

Defaults in the image layer, from the negative or the printing process, were retouched at the end of the printing process in order to hide them from the viewer. In most cases the inpainting medium and the image have aged differently thus making the retouch very visible today. Their darker colour gives us an idea of how the original tone may have looked.

© Chloé Lucas Conservation / Inp / ENSBA

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