We have lived in some moist environments and a favorite photo, while it otherwise looks good, has large parts of it that appear to have bonded to the glass of its frame. Presumably this is due to small amounts of condensation getting between the photo and the glass.
Does anyone know a trick I can use to help me separate them cleanly? The photo is about 16 years old.
Answer
Water does not harm photographic paper. After all, it is soaked in different waterbased chemicals during developing and washed in clean water in the end. So you'll be quite safe removing the glass along with the photo from the frame and sinking them in good clean lukewarm water with a couple of drops of liquid soap. Do not try to pry the photo off the glass by force. Gently rubbing the back of the photo should help water get in between the photo and glass. Expect result in a few minutes.
If the photo does not come free off the glass inside 20 minutes, it most likely is stuck forever. In that case take the photo with glass off the water, wipe all loose water away and take the suggested (in comments) photograph of the photo thru the glass now that you just washed the glass clean and the photo looks good while still wet.
Disclaimer. This is safe method for photos printed (developed) on normal photographic paper. If the photo in question is not of that material, soaking in water may in some cases do great harm and destroy the photo irreversably. You should take a photograph of the photo thru the glass before attempting any other operations. Advice on how to best do a photographic copy may be found elsewhere on this site.
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