Maureen A. Taylor, author of The Family Photo Detective provides all the information you need to care for your family photograph collection.She outlines in straightforward steps how to use the methods that conservators and photo curators use every day! You'll learn how to:¿ Identify the types of damage already done to the photos in your collection. ¿ Take care of all your photos going forward, so that damage is a thing of the past. ¿ Preserve your digital images-for you and future generations. ¿ Select a conservator to repair damaged photos and protect them from more deterioration. ¿ Restoration you can do at home.¿ Properly handle cased images such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes.

¿ Explore techniques to share your images. Do today what may be too late to do tomorrow. Preserve your family photographs now-and capture memories that will last a lifetime.