Fujifilm Photo Event Helps Restore Consumers Photos after Moore, Oklahoma, Tornado

Fujifilm Photo Event Helps Restore Consumers Photos after Moore, Oklahoma, Tornado

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Valhalla, NY—To help restore not only photos but also precious memories and some smiles, Fujifilm North America Corporation teamed up with Walmart in Moore, Oklahoma, for a five-day Fujifilm Photo Event.

From July 17 through July 21, Fujifilm offered two important services to help the people of Moore rebuild and recover the pictures that many had lost in the tragic tornado that hit the area in late May. Community members had the opportunity to have Fujifilm restore damaged photographs and to have new family portraits taken, free of charge.

At the Fujifilm portrait photography studio tent, the combined Fujifilm–Walmart teams created over 135 family portraits for Moore community families who had lost their photographs—and some even their entire family possessions—to the tornado in May. Using laptop computers and scanners, the team scanned in nearly 100 damaged family prints and saved them to CDs. They sent them to a Fujifilm partner for complete restoration to a digital file, to be given to the families so they can make additional prints at their convenience. In addition, Fujifilm printed more than 2,000 prints for the families of the Moore community.

“Fujifilm wanted to help the community of Moore, Oklahoma, in a way that only we could accomplish—by restoring damaged images and taking new family portraits to replace the ones that were lost in the tornado,” said Manny Almeida, senior vice president & general manager, Fujifilm North America Corporation, Imaging and Electronic Imaging. “We hope that our efforts will help the families renew their spirit and strength that make the Moore community special.” fujifilmusa.com

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