Matilde's Photo & Framing, Inc of 
Boston, MA

Welcome | Directions | Passport Photos | Photo Processing | Custom Mats | Digital | History

Matilde's Photo & Framing, Inc., doing business as Copley One Hour Photo, has been serving the Boston area for the past fifteen years.

We provide our customers with a variety of services, including passport photos, film and digital photo processing in color and black & white. We also stock a wide selection of ready made frames and offer pre cut or custom cut mats. Photo albums, film, memory cards, batteries, etc. are also available. Recently the store underwent extensive renovations and a change of ownership, but the level of excellent customer service and friendly atmosphere remain the same.

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Questions? Call Matilde
Phone: 617 859 8922 / Fax: 617 859 0108
Email: matilde@matildesphoto.com


(Photos of Matilde Barbosa's Store)

View directions to our store
Matilde's Photo & Framing is located at
441 Stuart Street. If you are coming to our store by train:

Orange Line to the Back Bay station exit at Dartmouth St. and turn right, we are located at the intersection of Stuart St. and Dartmouth St.

Green Line exit at Copley Square T Stop, walk past the Copley Plaza Hotel on the Dartmouth St. side and at the intersection turn left on to Stuart St.


(Map to 441 Stuart Street, Boston MA)

National and International Passport Photos
Most countries of the world, particularly European countries, now require that your passport photos be taken in accordance with the "biometric" system.

As far as passport photos are concerned, the biometric system measures and analyzes the physical characteristics of an individual's face. These measurements include: overall structure of the face, distance between the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and jaw edges. In general this photos must measure 35mm x 45mm, with the distance from the bottom of a person's chin to the crown of the head measuring between 31mm to 36mm.

At Matilde's Photo, we specialize in providing our customers with exactly the right kind of passport photos that are required by their country of citizenship. Some of those countries are: United States, Portugal, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Australia, England, Estonia, India, Japan, China, Greece, Poland, Singapore, Kenya, Bulgaria, Brazil, Belgium, Venezuela, Haiti, Colombia, Malaysia, New Zealand, and more.

In addition to passport photos, we also provide immigration photos, and visa photos for all countries. We also provide photos for the Schengen Visa, a visitors visa for traveling to selected countries in Europe. For a list of those countries visit www.schengenvisa.cc.





Custom Black & White Photo Processing
We offer the highest quality B&W film processing, Contact Sheets, Copy Negatives, and Enlargements from wallet size to 20x24. Prints can be made from 35mm negatives, 120mm, 4x5, or any other format you may have. All prints are enlarged individually by hand. You have a choice of glossy, matte, or fiber base paper. Custom prints are contrast controlled, dodged, burned, and spotted to give you high quality prints from your negatives. We also offer critical cropping, toning, and borderless prints.





Custom Cut Mats and Ready Made Frames
At Matilde's you will find a wide selection of ready-made frames. If you need an odd size frame that you can't find anywhere else, you may be able to find it here. If you have artwork that does not fit in any of our ready-made frames, we can custom cut a beautiful mat to fit your print, and we will mount it in your frame free of charge (exceptions apply).


Film and Digital Printing
We can print high quality pictures from your negatives or disposable cameras. We also print from all types of digital media and we can scan all your old slides, negatives, and pictures on to a CD. We offer same day service for prints ranging from wallet size to 8x12. Enlargements from 11x14 up to 20x30 are also available.



History
Matilde Barbosa is a native of the Azores Islands (Portugal). Ever since she arrived in the US, one of her major goals in life was to someday own her own business. After 17 years of very hard work, and overcoming a lot of obstacles, Matilde finally succeeded in making her dream into a reality. On February 1, 2006, she proudly entered the business world after purchasing Copley One Hour Photo, which transformed into her own corporation and renamed it Matilde's Photo & Framing, Inc. Even though it was Matilde's focus, discipline, and perseverance that made her dream into a reality, she is fully aware of the fact that she could not have done it without the help and great moral support of her teachers, family, and friends.

Although Matilde has been the owner for a relatively short time, she has been in the photo business since 1989, helping the Boston area with their photo and framing needs. Matilde thanks all her customers for their loyalty and patronage and welcomes new ones to visit the store and play with her puppy Tilly.



(Photo of Matilde Barbosa and Tilly the dog)