Restored May 1973 Ziggy Stardust Photograph

Hi All,

I bought this little color snapshot as it showed Ziggy early on his new spacesuit and shortly before his last performance on July 3rd, 1973:

And pulled this from the original print. Rumford Odeon, May 22, 1973. What do you think?

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Permalink Reply by Paul on December 26, 2016 at 10:36am
How did you restore this?
Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 26, 2016 at 10:55am

Hi Paul,

I scanned it as optimal exposure (forgetting to do my basic color work in the exposure) and then did the rest in post processing with a photo program. It will look best printed on glossy paper and was sharp enough to enlarge to 5x7 (it is tiny). I used to do digital restorations for many books, museum catalogs, magazines and so on. One highlight was the first published color correction of color35 mm slides of the Cunard liner R.M.S. Aquiatania - another was the work I did for the catalog and show "Building Tomorrow: America's World's Fair of the 1930's" at the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. of images of the 1939 New York World''s Fair.

Here is the frontis peice, a matte gelatin silver print, to that catalog - this was hung in large format in front of the 1938 builders model by Harrison and Fouiloux:

And in 35 mm Kodachrome:

Restored Digital Files © EKL 2017/Collection EKL

Permalink Reply by Paul on December 26, 2016 at 10:58am
Impressive! !
Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 26, 2016 at 11:07am

Thanks Paul!

Here a different type - click to see full image - 1875:

Note: With the exception of this family portrait, all images are from my own collections.

Permalink Reply by Paul on December 26, 2016 at 11:14am
How do they work with signatures on them.
Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 26, 2016 at 11:18am

If there is good contrast it is quite possible. Actually it should not matter in theory - should look better. This example assume solid black ink. Given time to able to do  something even with ballpoint.

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 26, 2016 at 12:05pm

I want to point out that I use no digital software programs like "ICE"  - all done my hand.

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