Sebastian Wintermute Photo Restoration Studio

Sebastian did an amazing job restoring a hundred year old photograph that my great grandmother brought from Italy. It came out so nice that in addition to the print that we had framed and gave as a present to my grandparents we used the picture as our holiday card.

I have brought several old, falling apart photos to Sebastian, and he has worked digital magic on them, restoring them to a beautiful, high quality digital and physical prints, making it possible to share the past with people in the present. The price is not cheap, but it’s well worth the quality. Sebastian works diligently, sends proofs partway through his work to request your feedback, and always follows up to make sure you are happy with the final product. He is extremely talented at his work, and I would recommend him without hesitation.

I brought two very old, damaged photos of my great-​grandparents to Sebastian. He restored them with the utmost care and I now have had these family treasures returned to me and to the generations who will follow. Sebastian is meticulous, an old school craftsman who clearly takes pride in a job well done. He is a little more expensive than average, I think, but if the photos in question are worth preserving, then it is worth the cost. At the end of the process you will receive several sets of restored photos plus a disk from which you can make additional copies, or forward to others for that purpose.

Super fast, professional, and a joy to work with. Sebastian helped us with a key photo for our documentary. He worked during the holidays to meet our deadline, and he did an excellent job salvaging a damaged photo.

Sebastian restored an original black and white 80+ year old photograph of my grandparents at their wedding. Because of the glue deposit used to secure the photograph in a frame, there were white stripes across the entire photo — I thought it was hopeless! But Sebastian restored the photograph and now it looks brand new! He is professional, efficient, and extremely courteous. He was very realistic about the expected results, but the photograph turned out better than I could have even hoped for. In addition to the perfect print (actually, 2) he gave me, he also gave me a C.D. with the digital print so I could print out several other copies for other family members. I highly recommend Sebastian for photo restoration.

My grandfather was the WW2 veteran and my father also served in the military so for the Fathers Day I wanted to give him something unique and decided to have a picture of the both of them in their uniforms restored and framed. It was a small and faded Polaroid so I looked for someone who would be able make it larger and bring back the colors.
Sebastian seemed to be just the right person to do that. He was very nice and told me upfront how long it would take and how much it would cost.
As he was working on the picture thanks to his advise I was able to find the perfect frame for it. The picture came out even better than I expected and my father and everyone else love it.

Sebastian did a great job restoring an old photo of me and my mom. The original was a water damaged polaroid from the early 70s, and somehow he was able to save it, and even enlarge it. He was very nice to work with as well.

Sebastian is great at what he does. I brought him a photo from 1943 to be restored for my father. The photo had cracks, water damage and had yellowed over time. He was able to repair these mistakes and brighten the photo. The end result was just awesome, and I couldn’t be happier. Great person to work with and is definitely someone I would recommend. I will be bringing my old family photos to him in the future. Thank you Sebastian!!!

Restoration by Sebastian Wintermute was amazing! I contacted them a few days before Christmas with a small picture of my mother as a baby – the only baby picture of her that exists – hoping they’d be able to restore in time for Christmas. Not only did they come through in time, the restoration was incredible. I highly recommend!

Preserve Your Past does excellent work. I have used them for several photo restoration projects, and have been very happy/​amazed with the results/​quality of work they produce. Their expertise ranges from colorization to restoration (very severe restoration) on photos as well as documents. It is a great boutique shop in NYC. If you need an old photo restored, make this your first and ONLY stop. I highly recommend!