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At Photographs Forever we are a true family business. You can ensure that your photos are always in safe hands with us, stored securely throughout the process and treated with just as much importance and care as anything of our own. Building a strong relationship with our customers is so important, and your trust in us to handle and care for your most precious photographs means everything.

Richard

Richard Haines

FOUNDER

With over 40 years experience in photography, Richard realised the true value of photograph restoration when compiling his own family photographs, and in 2009 Photographs Forever was started. Richard is passionate about others having the same experience and being able to enjoy their restored photographs, knowing they will last forever. Since starting Photographs Forever the company has gone from strength to strength and is now one of the leading and most respected photograph restoration companies in the UK.
“We take pride in our clear and timely communication and hope this demonstrates our commitment to offering the best service we possibly can. Ensuring our customers are kept up to date every step of the way and leave completely satisfied with the service we have provided is always our top priority.”

Amy

Amy Haines

DIRECTOR

Since 2014 Amy has worked alongside her father Richard as the Photographs Forever business has grown. Photography is a passion they both share and in 2021 Amy graduated from the University of Brighton with a First Class Honours Degree in Moving Image. Amy has since taken up a full time role as a Director of Photographs Forever and shares the same desire as Richard for bringing a new lease of life to photographs, with the same keen eye for detail and producing high quality finished products.
“We dedicate ourselves to always getting the best results and helping our customers in any way we can. It really is the best feeling when you are able to help rescue such severely deteriorated photos and in doing so, bring back so many memories that we know are truly invaluable.”

Luca

Luca Quasimodo

ADMINISTRATOR & GRAPHIC DESIGNER

After graduating from the University of Brighton with a degree in Graphic Design, Amy’s partner Luca joined the Photographs Forever team in a part time role in 2021. Since then Luca’s role in the team has expanded and he now works full time, providing general administration within the company as well as being responsible for producing our high quality hand prints and designing our premium photobooks.
“I am fascinated by the work we do and I’m really grateful to be part of the Photographs Forever team. I enjoy applying my design skills to our bespoke photobooks and being able to create something so meaningful that I know will be cherished for generations to come.”

Our History

“My interest in photography began at the age of 10 when, as my parents only rarely used a camera, I was given a Brownie 127 for my birthday and I became the family photographer. At the age of seventeen I said to the Youth Employment Officer that I would like to work for Friths, the famous historical postcard photography company. ‘That would be 60% darkroom work, you wouldn’t like that. You need something outdoors such as farming‘ he told me. I ended up farming from then until a motorcycle accident in 1968 put an end to my farming days.

I began taking evening classes in Photography which eventually led to me taking wedding photographs for friends. Soon I became the manager of a photographic shop, though this meant working Saturdays which meant giving up wedding photography. Twenty five years later I bought the company which had then become a successful Audio Visual company, until ten years after that in 2008, like many other companies, we closed.

Then in 2009, I was scanning my family photos after my brother and I both wanted copies of our parents and grandparents old photographs, and in doing so discovered that many of them had become quite deteriorated over time. As I begun the process of digitally restoring them, I realised that there must be many other people out there who had a similar situation. This is when Photographs Forever started.

Since then Photographs Forever has become a leading company for photograph restoration having gone from strength to strength between 2009 and now. In 2014 my daughter Amy joined alongside me in a part time position while she carried out her studies. She has always shared my passion for photography and after completing her University Degree in Brighton she has joined the company full time and learnt all aspects of the business. She is very talented at photograph restoration and I have full confidence that the results she produces are every bit as good as my own. After completing his degree in Graphic Design, Amy’s partner Luca also joined the company full time helping with many aspects of the business and utilising his design skills to produce our beautiful photobooks.

So it couldn’t be better, Photographs Forever is a true family business and continues to go from strength to strength. Making sure that the standard of our work, service and communications are of the very highest quality is our top priority. We are receiving wonderful feedback and testimonials on a daily basis and this is what makes our work so rewarding.

Our customers are all very special and we have made many longstanding friendships over an increasing number of years making the whole process a very enjoyable one.”

– Richard Haines, Founder