The commercial challenges of providing a long term photo archive are even greater than the technical challenges. We have all heard of photo sites that have terminated their services, leaving their users responsible to quickly reclaim their pictures or risk losing them forever.
At Swiss Picture Bank we protect your photos from this danger through our exclusive relationship with the Picture Guarantee Foundation.
The PGF is a not-for-profit organization founded to ensure the long-term preservation of pictures. Whenever you deposit photos in your Swiss Picture Bank account, a large portion of the proceeds go to the PGF to cover the future costs of storage. It is our determined goal to remain your service provider for years to come, but if for some reason we cannot, the PGF will use these funds to pay a replacement service. With PGF backing you know that your photos will still be in your account 30 years later. No other service can make this promise.