Photo album - a storage room for storing memories 
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Since French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce produced the first permanent photographic image in 1822, photography and photo printing have become a fine art. Any events that take place can be reproduced on photographic paper in order to preserve them for future generations. And even now, in our technological times, photography has not lost its value, because a digital medium can be damaged by a computer virus or lost with all the information. Therefore, many families still have photographs, because by flipping through a photo album, which better protects them from various influences, one can remember important life moments. This article will tell you what formats such albums come in, and will also introduce readers to the “Photosphere” online store, which sells all the necessary auxiliary products for photographs.
Purpose and classification
Photo albums appeared in 1840, almost immediately after the invention of photography. At that time, printed photographs were sensitive to mechanical damage and atmospheric influences, and a year after the first photographs appeared, the Englishman William Talbot came up with a photo album to protect them. Due to the growing popularity of photography and collecting photographs, this invention quickly took root in many fashion salons and the homes of wealthy people. Therefore, photo albums are constantly being improved. Now in stores you can buy the following books for storing photos:
- classic;
- with pockets;
- with magnetic pages;
- photo books.
They are classified by the number of pages and their type of fastening, by format, subject, as well as the materials from which the sheets and cover are made. Photo albums of the first type are traditional albums in the form of a book with paper or cardboard sheets lined with tracing paper and a thick cover trimmed with leather or fabric. Photos are glued to the page with photographic glue, fixed on it with stickers with a double-sided adhesive base, or inserted with corners into the slots. In such albums, photographs are stored for a long time, as they are well protected from damage, however, you need to spend time on their design.
Photo albums with pockets have polymer sheets attached to the inside of the cover, to both sides of which a PVC film is glued, forming pockets into which photographs can be easily inserted. Such albums are inexpensive and convenient, since you can quickly replace photos, but you can insert pictures of a certain format into them, which limits their use.
For products with magnetic pages, the photograph is placed between the sheet and a transparent self-adhesive film, which must be well laid out so that no air bubbles remain inside. Otherwise, moisture will collect under it, causing yellow spots to appear in the pictures. Photos of different sizes are inserted into such photo albums and they have provision for attaching additional sheets.
A photobook is a thematic photo album in which photographs are stored on one specific topic. The pages are decorated with artistic elements, and under the photographs there are captions with comments.
Types of binding (fastening pages and covers)
To attach the pages of a photo album with its cover, manufacturers use several methods. There is high consumer demand for photo albums with the following type of sheet mounting:
- rivets;
- spiral;
- fastening with rings;
- album-book.
In the first case, photographs are inserted into transparent pockets on both sides of the sheet, fixed with rivets or screws in the spine, which is attached to the cover. The tight fastening of the sheet allows it to be easily turned over, and the fold of the spine is designed so that when turned, the page lies parallel to the table surface, which is convenient for viewing.
Spiral-mounted albums have a plastic or metal spiral threaded through holes in the cover and pages. Photo albums, the sheets of which are attached to the cover with rings, are made in the form of a folder. Most often, in such folders the cover is slightly larger than the pages, which open evenly, thanks to the ring fastening. Photo albums of the latter type are made on the principle of a book. Pages with reinforced corners are sewn or glued to the cover. Unlike previous samples, with this type of mounting you cannot add additional sheets to the album.
You can order photo albums of any type produced by well-known companies, photo frames made from high-quality materials, black-and-white and color film, as well as other auxiliary products in the “Photosphere” online store. The catalog on our website contains a large selection of photographic equipment and accessories produced by the Japanese company Fuji Instax, one of the leaders in the photographic industry.