Epson and The Photo Managers Champion September Save Your Photos Month

Easy-to-Use Tech and Online Series Support Month-Long Campaign to Help Families Preserve Irreplaceable Memories 

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Sept. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Photographs are priceless links to our history, capturing moments and stories that, once lost, can never be replaced. Although photos today are primarily digital, most households keep decades' worth of printed photographs stored in boxes and albums tucked away. Unfortunately, these photos are susceptible to the elements, as well as unexpected disasters, putting them at risk. This September, Epson has teamed up with The Photo Managers to support Save Your Photos Month, underscoring the importance of digitizing photos and helping families undertake the task of preserving what's priceless to prepare for unforeseen events. 

"We started Save Your Photos Month as a way to help families protect meaningful memories before it's too late," said Cathi Nelson, CEO, The Photo Managers. "Photos tell the stories of our lives, and through free educational classes and resources, and today's easy-to-use, at-home scanning solutions like the FastFoto^®, it's never been simpler to safeguard and digitally preserve these meaningful memories."

Save Your Photos Month brings together organizations and families to provide support and preservation tips and recommendations to digitize photo collections. All photo collections require time and attention to protect and preserve them, making them accessible to family worldwide and protected from the elements. In today's modern age, digitizing these collections has become less daunting and more accessible through organizations and modern technology, with efficient at-home scanning solutions.

Throughout Save Your Photos Month, The Photo Managers will be incorporating Epson scanning technology, including the FastFoto, in its tutorials and YouTube events detailing best practices for the easy-to-use, at-home scanning solution. Engineered to streamline the photo archiving process, FastFoto, the world's fastest personal photo scanner,¹ can quickly scan thousands of photos, up to 36 photos per batch, as fast as one photo per second.² FastFoto also makes it easy to remember loved ones' handwriting by capturing both front and back of the photos. With intelligent file organization tools and the Easy Auto-Upload feature, FastFoto makes it simple to organize and upload images to cloud services such as Dropbox^® and Google Drive,™⁴ helping to preserve photos for generations and share photos with family worldwide.

"Save Your Photos Month is an important reminder of those memories that matter most," said Stacey Tieu, product manager, retail scanners, Epson America, Inc. "In today's digital age, it's easy to forget about those irreplaceable photos, stored in albums and displayed on the wall. This month raises awareness about the importance of protecting printed photographs and sharing information about tools and resources for safeguarding memories for generations to come."

Throughout the month of September, The Photo Managers will be hosting a free global event to help families organize, digitize, and safeguard their most cherished memories. The educational series will include:

• YouTube Live Events: Twice-weekly conversations on Tuesdays and Fridays at 2 p.m. ET with expert photo organizers, including a step-by-step guide to restoring photos damaged by fire or water.  Epson will be sharing information on the FastFoto during The Photo Managers YouTube Live, "Essential Tools for Photo Preservation: Digitizing, Organizing & Restoring Your Memories," on October 2, at 11 a.m. PT.
• Memory Keepers Live Summit: The first-ever Save Your Photos Month Live Summit provides a deeper learning experience for attendees. Featuring engaging guest speakers, how-to tutorials for digitizing photos with the FastFoto, a range of prizes, and a dynamic MC, this live, interactive one-day event will be held on September 27 with a percentage of proceeds being donated to the Weather Resilience Fund, supporting local preparedness and recovery efforts.
• Disaster Recovery Summit: A free virtual event for photo professionals that will include expert archivists offering an in-depth look at disaster recovery and preparedness.

For more information about Save Your Photos Month, and to register for events with The Photo Managers visit www.saveyourphotos.org. For more information on the FastFoto visit www.epson.com/fastfoto.

About The Photo Managers 
The Photo Managers is the global leader in training and supporting professionals dedicated to helping individuals, families, and businesses organize, preserve, and share their most cherished memories.  Committed to empowering its members, The Photo Managers supports member businesses by providing the tools and education to help deliver expert services customized to meet clients' unique needs, including photo organizing, digitization, archiving, and storytelling. The Photo Manager certified members offer clients peace of mind, knowing their priceless photos and videos are securely organized, to create meaningful gifts or legacy projects, and to simplify managing digital and physical photo collections. To learn more, visit https://thephotomanagers.com.

About Epson
Epson is a global technology leader whose philosophy of efficient, compact and precise innovation enriches lives and helps create a better world. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson's goal is to become carbon negative and eliminate use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050.
Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of more than JPY 1 trillion. global.epson.com/

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¹As compared to other personal/consumer photo scanners, generally defined as photo scanners priced under $1,000 USD (MSRP).
² Based on average speed from start of scan to end of feeding, scanning thirty-six 4" x 6" photos at 300 dpi in landscape orientation. Results may vary based on processor speed, memory, and operating system of the connected computer.
³ Internet connection and active Dropbox or Google Drive account required.

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