/PRNewswire/ — Eternity.Photos has launched the first consumer photo archiving service, designed to preserve personal photos for over 1000 years. Working with specialist archival partners, the photos are converted to analogue film and stored in mountain vaults in Svalbard, Norway, close to the World Seed Vault.
In the event of cloud failure, the film continues
Cloud storage depends on companies, servers and file formats that may not be sustainable. After a decade, hard drives can fail. Eternity.Photos takes a radically different approach: images are transferred to photosensitive archival film independently tested to survive for over a millennium, and sealed in vaults within the mountain.
“Your photos are proof that you were there. First step, magic hour, face to remember: every snapshot deserves to last longer than any hard drive,” said founder PavelMachalek.
Mr. Machalek, a former NASA engineer and co-founder of data deletion company Spartacus, brings a unique perspective to archiving: You wouldn’t trust your life to a hard drive, so why trust it with your memories? Its solution eliminates dependency on software, hardware and institutions.
Functioning
- You upload up to 20 photos online.
- You pay a flat fee per batch. No subscription.
- The photos are converted into archival film and transferred to secure vaults.
- Film reels are stored in vaults located in an Arctic mountain in Svalbard, as well as in a redundant multicontinent depot in Boyers, Pennsylvania, for the North American market.
- You receive a certificate of deposit confirming the archiving of your photos.
- Centuries from now, your descendants will have to present this certificate to get the photos back. No account, no password, no technology required.
Each order includes in the manifest a standalone QR code on the same archive film, which will allow it to be identified in the centuries to come without an external database.
Privacy by design
No account needed. No tracking. The only permanent trace is on the archival film itself, sealed in the vault.
A gift for eternity
Marriage, birth, tribute to a missing person: the preservation of photos for 1000 years says more than any card.
“We are not in competition with cloud computing,” commented Mr. Machalek. “But over time.”
About Eternity.Photos
Eternity.Photos is a consumer archiving service that preserves analog film photographs in Arctic mountain vaults for over 1000 years. Founded by PavelMachalek, this service is supported by Slow Ventures.
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