About: Save Your Slides

Hello, I'm Martin, and this is the home of Save Your Slides. I started this project to combat a quiet tragedy: the wholesale loss of our visual history.

Every day, thousands of irreplaceable 35mm slide and B&W negative collections end up in the rubbish. Each box is a time capsule—a family’s legacy, a forgotten landscape, or a moment in time that will never be seen again. When these boxes hit the landfill, a chapter of our history is lost forever.

I launched this project to intercept these collections and ensure these memories aren't just saved but brought back to life.

The Mission: Half-Price Digitization

The biggest hurdle for most families is the time and cost of digitizing thousands of slides. To make professional preservation accessible while supporting the mission, I’ve introduced a "Preservation-for-Rights" model:

  • Low-Cost Service: I will digitize your 35mm slides and B&W negatives for just $0.50 per slide. You receive a high-quality digital copy of every single image I scan.

  • The Trade: In exchange for this discounted rate, I receive the right to archive and use the images in my various preservation projects.

  • Privacy First: I understand some memories are for your eyes only. If you find specific slides you’d rather keep private, I charge a flat $1 per slide for those. They remain 100% yours and will never be archived or used in any project.

Giving History a New Life: Analog Days Australia

I’m always looking for the "needles in the haystack"—those rare, exceptional shots that perfectly capture a moment in time. While 99% of what I scan is archived for the future, I occasionally find that "one in a thousand" image that is truly special.

I feature these rare gems on products like t-shirts, mugs, and prints through my Etsy shop: Analog Days Australia. The shop helps fund the ongoing costs of the project, including digital storage, website hosting, and the fuel used for collection pick-ups.

Our Three-Stage Plan

  1. Rescue and Retention: Our urgent goal is to stop slides from going to landfill. We accept slides from anywhere in Australia by post. Whether you want them digitized or you want to donate a collection entirely, we ensure they stay out of the skip.

  2. Digital Preservation: We scan every collection using professional equipment. This future-proofs the images, making them safe from physical degradation and ready to be shared.

  3. The Tabletop Book: The ultimate outcome is to curate the most compelling images from the archive to produce a tabletop book, creating a unique window into the forgotten world of the 35mm slide.

How You Can Help

  • Digitize with us: Send us your boxes and get your digital memories back for just $0.50 per slide. [Contact Me to Get Started]

  • Donate your slides: If you have a collection, you no longer want, donate it to the project and we will ensure it is preserved in our archive rather than the skip. [Donate Slides Page]

  • Shop the Archive: Support the project by purchasing items from our Etsy shop Analog Days Australia. If one of your slides is selected as an "exceptional" find, you might even have the chance to buy a unique product featuring a piece of your own family history!

  • Support the Mission: You can also support the work through a direct donation on our [Support Page] to help keep the rescue mission moving.