Digital photography has brought many changes to the ways in which photos are being printed and kept. Although more photos are being taken, with great new low cost cameras and even mobile phones, the sales of photo albums have plummeted. The reasons are obvious. The ease of keeping pictures on your hard disk or on CD's is appealing and everyone is doing it.

What many people and even some archives do not seem to know or understand is that for long term storage of photos, computer hard disks and CD's are not suitable. It is necessary to keep hard copies, slides and negatives in albums if the objective is to keep them for future generations.

What is needed is a better system for keeping photographic items. The EVERLASTING system has been designed to suit both archives, photographers and home users. All components have passed the Photographic Activity Test by National Archives of Australia. For a detailed explanation of this new system click "Have Photo Albums Had Their Day?"