/diy/ - Do It Yourself

hi /diy/. Got questions about protecting photographs. When I started collecting autographed photos, I just threw them all in cheap frames and put them away in a dark cabinet. I've since decided I'd rather have them out to display. What I think I'd like to do is to make copies of the photos for display and keep the originals somewhere safe. For the sake of protection from fires, for example, what would be the best way to protect the originals? I mean, is there even a good way? I could keep the originals in a safe, but would pinning them between glass be even better?

basically I'd rather have the originals kept put away. These aren't things that are easily replaced. Sentimental value, you know. I figure displaying copies would be best if I can find a shop that'll reproduce professional photos (I know they usually won't but it's not like I'm doing it to sell them).