Water-Damaged Wartime Photos

Wartime photos showing brown tide lines, blotches where the emulsion swelled and prints stuck face to face or to the album sleeve have almost always met a flooded basement, a burst pipe, a leaking roof or a damp garage. The water damage sits on top of the image of a soldier at camp, a sweetheart back home or a family in a bombed street, which is still there underneath.

Nothing in the wartime photo is redrawn for effect; the water damage is treated as a layer to remove and the image of a soldier at camp, a sweetheart back home or a family in a bombed street as the thing to keep. If the water-damaged area covered the uniform, the date on the back and the handwriting, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.

Start with Stain & Spot Remover on the water-damaged wartime photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the wartime photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on water-damaged wartime photos.