INDEPENDENT IMAGING LABORATORY — EST. 2016 • LOS ANGELES / BERLIN

WE DEVELOP LIGHT
INTO MEMORY
GETTY LAB®

Film lab, restoration atelier & color research unit. We develop 35mm to 8×10, restore damaged archives, digitize at 14K, and print museum-grade editions. Trusted for 480k+ rolls and 2.1M frames restored.

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NOW IN LAB — BATCH #8841

Kodak Vision3 500T • Push +2 • 14K scan

FILM DEVELOPMENT ✦ ARCHIVAL RESTORATION ✦ 14K DIGITIZATION ✦ MUSEUM PRINTING ✦ COLOR SCIENCE ✦ AI DAMAGE RECOVERY ✦ FILM DEVELOPMENT ✦ ARCHIVAL RESTORATION ✦ 14K DIGITIZATION ✦ MUSEUM PRINTING ✦ COLOR SCIENCE ✦ AI DAMAGE RECOVERY ✦

01 / WHO WE ARE

About
Getty Lab

lab-getty.com is not a stock agency. It is a working laboratory where chemists, archivists and photographers rescue visual memory — from shoebox negatives to Hollywood reels.

2016 — Founded in a garage darkroom with one Jobo processor and a second-hand Hasselblad.

2019 — Opened archival wing: freeze-drying for water-damaged negatives, ultrasonic cleaning.

2023 — Launched Color Science unit: custom profiles for Kodak, Ilford, Cinestill + 14K Shoreline scanner.

2025 — 2.1M frames restored for museums, families and studios. Zero landfill chemistry — 100% silver recovery.

We treat every frame like evidence of life.

Our team of 18 includes photo chemists, paper conservators, drum-scan operators and machine-learning engineers. We combine analog craft with computational imaging: grain-aware denoising, dye-fade inversion, tear and mold reconstruction.

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Analog-first, digital-best.
Hand development in fresh chemistry, then 14K HDR scan with full density range. No clipped highlights, ever.

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Museum protocol.
Acid-free handling, gloves, cold storage advice, IPTC + provenance metadata embedded in every file.

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Research open-source.
We publish fading curves, developer recipes and scanner targets. 42 whitepapers free in our journal.

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Green lab.
Silver recovery, water recirculation, biodegradable stop. Certified climate-neutral lab since 2022.

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02 / CAPABILITIES

The Lab Stack

Six departments under one roof. From push-processing to gallery walls — you never ship your memories twice.

01 — DEVELOP & SCAN

C41 / B&W / E6 in 4 hours

35mm, 120, 110, 4×5, 8×10. Push/pull, cross-process, stand dev. Includes 14K TIFF + web gallery.

from $14 / roll

Details →

02 — RESTORATION

Torn, faded, moldy? We fix it

Cracks, water damage, red fade, missing pieces. Optical + AI reconstruction with grain matching.

from $39 / image

Before / After →

03 — PRINT & FRAME

Museum pigment & silver gelatin

Hahnemühle, Canson, Ilford FB. Up to 60×90″, hand-coated platinum, face-mount acrylic.

from $29 / print

Paper guide →

04 — DIGITIZE

14K archival scanning

Negatives, slides, prints, glass plates, albums. Dust & scratch IR removal, color calibration.

from $0.89 / frame

How we scan →

05 — MOTION

8mm / 16mm / 35mm cine transfer

Frame-by-frame 5K HDR, sprocketless transport for shrunken film, sound sync & grading.

from $0.35 / ft

Showreel →

06 — SCHOOL

Darkroom workshops & rentals

Intro to B&W, large format weekends, private darkroom rental with chemistry included.

from $65 / class

Book seat →

03 / SELECTED WORK

Rescued
Memories

Hover to feel the grain. Every project below was declared “unrecoverable” elsewhere.

RESTORATION • 1974

Fire-damaged wedding — 212 frames saved

Soot removal + color rebuild

PRINT • EXHIBITION

Desert Light — 40×60″ silver gelatin wall

For downtown gallery show

ARCHIVE • 12K FRAMES

Three generations in shoeboxes

Sorted, scanned, searchable

2.1M

FRAMES RESTORED SINCE 2016

Including 14 museum collections and 900 family archives.

“They brought my father back. I cried when I saw his eyes again.”

— MARA J., RESTORATION CLIENT ★★★★★

LAB TIP: Never throw “black” negatives.

80% of “blank” film holds image in dense highlights. Our HDR scan recovers 6 extra stops.

Read how →

04 / HOW IT WORKS

From shoebox
to gallery

Drop off, mail in, or book pickup. Track every chemical bath live from your phone.

Intake & inspection

We log, photograph and test a leader clip. You approve the plan and price — no surprises.

Chemistry & care

Fresh Kodak/Fuji chemistry daily, temp ±0.1°C. Archival wash + stabilizer for 100-year life.

14K HDR scan

Shoreline + drum scan, IR dust removal, custom color profile per emulsion batch.

Deliver & preserve

Private gallery, TIFF + JPEG, cold-storage box back. Free re-scan for 1 year.

05 / PRICING

Honest lab prices

No “starting at” tricks. Chemistry, scan and archiving included.

DEVELOP

Single Roll

$14 / roll

✓ Develop + 14K scan
✓ 48h turnaround
✓ Web gallery
✓ Free DX coding

Drop film →

Memory Rescue

$189 / 500 frames

✓ 500 frames 14K scan
✓ Restoration of 10 hero shots
✓ Searchable dates & faces
✓ Wooden archive box

Rescue mine →

PRO — STUDIO

Monthly Member

$99 / mo

✓ 8 rolls included
✓ Priority 24h lab
✓ Free darkroom 4h
✓ 20% off printing

Join lab →

Do you develop expired or found film?

Yes — 70% of our work is expired. We do clip-tests, adjust time for fog, and use benzotriazole restrainers. Even 40-year-old film often yields haunting, beautiful images.

How do I mail my negatives safely?

Use a rigid box, sleeve each strip, add “DO NOT X-RAY / DO NOT BEND”. We email a prepaid tracked label and insure up to $1000 automatically.

What resolution is 14K really?

Around 14000×10000 px from 35mm — ~140 MP with true grain resolution. Files are ~450MB TIFF 16-bit. Perfect for 60-inch prints.

Can you restore photos without negatives?

Absolutely. We scan prints at 2400 dpi, rebuild missing areas, rebalance faded dyes, and reprint on archival paper indistinguishable from original.

07 / VISIT / SHIP

Bring us
your shoebox

742 Sunset Lab, Los Angeles • Torstr. 101, Berlin
MON–SAT 9:00–19:00 • SUN 11:00–17:00

● 3 processors free right now — drop in without booking

By sending you agree to careful handling & archival protocol. No data shared.

WE DEVELOP LIGHTINTO MEMORYGETTY LAB®