Bring back the faces — and the memories they hold.
Original
Restored & living
Send a phone photo of the faded, torn or damaged picture you can't replace. We restore it, colorize it and — if you wish — gently bring it to life. Every detail and nuance is checked by professionals before you see it.
Your original never leaves your house — a phone photo is enough
Every detail and nuance checked by professionals
Preview in less than 24 hours · unlimited free revisions
AFTER
Cracked, with pieces missingA web of cracks across her face and the emulsion lifted clean off her forehead. Rebuilt from what survived — her smile, her complexion, her real features — then colorized.
AFTER
Faded to almost nothingA little round print, sun-bleached until the street behind them had vanished. The contrast is back, and so are they.
AFTER
Stained and yellowedA fairground portrait gone brown, with a rust stain blooming across the top. Cleaned back to a bright print — his tattoo still there, her lipstick still dark.
Every pair on this page was restored by TenderMend — demonstration restorations on archival photographs, using the exact process your photos go through.
< 24 hPreview in your inbox
2 filesOriginal tone + color, print-ready
∞Free revisions until it's right
$19One photo · less as you add
Whatever happened to it, we've seen it.
Torn, water-stained, faded, mouldy, cracked, in pieces. Find your photo's problem below and see the same problem already solved.
Bubbled & liftedThe emulsion had blistered off most of the frame
Mould & spotsMould had speckled the whole print orange
Scratched & flakingThe emulsion had been scraped away in slivers
Faded almost whiteFaded almost to nothing, with a light leak
Turned orangeFaded to a flat orange, all contrast gone
TornA tear straight through the girl on the right
Three simple steps.
From the photo in your drawer to the one you can share and print — with a real person checking the work in between.
1Send a phone photo of the photo
Snap it with your phone or upload a scan. Creases, tears, fading — that's our job, not yours.
2We restore it — professionals check it
Precision restoration tools rebuild the photo; a Photoshop artist finishes it by hand and checks every face and detail against your original.
3You approve — it's yours forever
A preview lands in your inbox in less than 24 hours. Say what's off and we fix it free. Then every file is yours to keep, share and print.
Send one photo. Get all of this back.
For every photo you send — included in the $19, not extras. Every version comes as a full-quality file, ready to print at any size, plus a share-anywhere copy for family.
Full-quality file · ready to print
IncludedRestored, in its original toneEvery crease, tear and stain gone. Nothing invented, everything recovered.
Full-quality file · ready to print
IncludedColorized, true to the eraSkin, clothing and scene in period-accurate color — checked face by face.
+ $9 · optionalBrought to lifeA blink, a soft smile, a small wave — plus its own private page and QR code.
The memories are still in there. Let's bring them back.
There's exactly one of her at that age — and it's the one that cracked.
Your phone holds ten thousand pictures. The one photograph of your grandmother at twenty lives in a drawer, fading a little more each year. It has no backup. That's the photograph we restore — one at a time, or the whole shoebox.
Three real restorations from our pipeline. Pull the handle across each one — left is the photograph as it arrived, right is what came back.
BEFOREAFTER
Blurred & spottedCamera shake, deconvolved and cleared
BEFOREAFTER
Cracked across the faceA web of cracks straight through her face
BEFOREAFTER
Black & whiteClean, but never in colour until now
Every one of these came out of the same process.
Hover a photo — tap on a phone — and watch it come back. Demonstration restorations on archival and amateur photographs, not customer photos, produced exactly the way yours would be.
Colour castA heavy pink cast, lifted awayTorn in piecesThree torn prints, brought back togetherFaded almost whiteFaded almost to nothing, with a light leak
What customers said when they saw the difference.
Real restorations and their words, shared with permission.
BeforeAfter
“I do love your effort to bring the picture life like it was taken today.”
Antonio
Group photograph · restored & colourised
BeforeAfter
“Looks great!!!!”
Rodger O.
Military portrait · restored & colourised
BeforeAfter
“I thought too much of the photo was gone. Seeing everyone clearly again was a lovely surprise.”
Sarah M.
Scratched & flaking
BeforeAfter
“The cracks went straight through her face, so I didn’t think it could be fixed. It still looks like her.”
Rebecca L.
Cracked across the face
BeforeAfter
“We only had the photo in pieces. Seeing everyone together again means so much to our family.”
James B.
Torn in pieces
BeforeAfter
“Most of the picture had peeled away. I can’t believe how much detail you brought back.”
Olivia S.
Bubbled & lifted
BeforeAfter
“I do love your effort to bring the picture life like it was taken today.”
Antonio
Group photograph · restored & colourised
BeforeAfter
“Looks great!!!!”
Rodger O.
Military portrait · restored & colourised
BeforeAfter
“I thought too much of the photo was gone. Seeing everyone clearly again was a lovely surprise.”
Sarah M.
Scratched & flaking
BeforeAfter
“The cracks went straight through her face, so I didn’t think it could be fixed. It still looks like her.”
Rebecca L.
Cracked across the face
BeforeAfter
“We only had the photo in pieces. Seeing everyone together again means so much to our family.”
James B.
Torn in pieces
BeforeAfter
“Most of the picture had peeled away. I can’t believe how much detail you brought back.”
Olivia S.
Bubbled & lifted
One price per photo. Add more, pay less.
Every photo comes back restored in its original tone, colorized, and ready to print. One payment, no subscription, no damage-level upcharges. You approve before it's final.
One photo$19one photofor the one that matters most
Restored in original tone + colorized version
Print-ready files, clearly named
Preview in less than 24 hours
Every detail checked by professionals — you approve first
+ $9 per photo to bring it to life — a blink, a soft smile, a small wave. Optional, on any photo.
+ $12 for the whole order for the Family Pack — print sizes ready for the shop, a black and white edition, a private page to send your family, and your files kept safe.
One payment, no subscription. · Full refund, no time limit.
A studio charges $300 a photo. We charge $19. Here's why.
Studios bill you for the hours. Our precision tools do the hours; you pay for the professional's skill and the check, not the waiting. Here's roughly where your money goes on a single photo.
The professional's time~55%
A Photoshop artist finishes the details by hand and checks every face and nuance against your original. This is most of what you pay for.
Restoration & colorization tools~15%
The precision tools that rebuild the photo — the hours a studio would bill you for.
Your files, your page, a person to answer~15%
Secure storage, the private living-photo page, delivery, and a human who replies within a couple of hours.
Payment & taxes~15%
Card processing and what the state takes.
What you're not paying for
A studio's rent and gallery mark-up
Weeks of waiting billed by the hour
A subscription you forget to cancel
Damage-level or per-face upcharges
Why we need to tell you this$19 sounds like the price of a phone app— and the apps invent faces. It isn't. A professional finishes and checks every photo; the tools just take the hours out of it. The price is low because the waiting is gone, not because the care is.
BEFOREAFTER
Bubbled & liftedThe emulsion had blistered off most of the frame
BEFOREAFTER
TornA tear straight through the girl on the right
A blink. A smile. Them.
A few gentle seconds of motion, then stillness — made to feel like a memory, not an effect. $9 per photo. Every living photo gets its own private page and a QR code you can tuck behind the frame.
Barely there
The most-loved choice
A warm hello
Try it — point your phone camera at the code. This exact photo opens on its own private page, alive. Unlisted, yours to share, online for years.
Same photo, three very different outcomes.
A hand-retouch studio
Free phone apps
TenderMend
What it costs
$150–375 per photo
“Free” — until the trial renews
From $19 a photo, less as you add
How long you wait
Weeks
Seconds — and it shows
Within 24 hours
Who checks it
Yes — all by hand
Nobody. Faces get invented.
Professionals check every detail before you see it
TenderMendA person answers your email within a couple of hours
The studio does beautiful work at gallery prices. The apps are fast and nobody checks. We keep the care and lose the price tag.
The First Glance Guarantee
The moment you open your restoration you should see them — the face you remember, not a stranger in their clothes. If you don't, tell us what's off and we revise free, as many times as it takes, first revision within 24 hours. And if you'd rather not keep it — any reason, or none — a full refund, with no time limit. You never have to explain, and we won't ask twice.
Scratched & flakingThe emulsion had been scraped away in slivers
BEFOREAFTER
Cracked & missing piecesCracked across, emulsion missing at the temple
Anything else?
Do I need to mail my photos?
No. Your original never leaves your house. A phone picture of the photo, or any scan, is all we need.
Is this done by a computer or a person?
Both, in the right order. Advanced restoration tools do the heavy lifting — that's why this isn't $300 and three weeks. Then a Photoshop artist finishes the details and checks every face and nuance against your original.
What kind of damage can you fix?
Fading, creases, tears, water spots, missing corners. We recover everything that can honestly be recovered and never invent what wasn't there. You approve before it's final.
What if I don't like it?
Tell us what feels off and we revise free — as many times as it takes, first revision within 24 hours. If we can't make it right, a full refund. No forms, no time limit.
Is there a subscription?
No. One payment. Nothing to cancel, because we never store your card.
What exactly do I receive?
For every photo: the restored original-tone version, the colorized version, and print-ready files, clearly named. A living photo arrives as a video plus its own private page and QR code.
The photos are fading either way.
Bring them back while the people who remember them are still here to see it.
Full-quality file · ready to print
Try it — point your phone camera at the code. This exact photo opens on its own private page, alive. Unlisted, yours to share, online for years.
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