Can you laminate a photograph

Laminating a paper is either done with self-laminating paper (that is one with adhesive backing that sticks to the document and is clear vinyl or plastic), and can be laminate one side or both sides of the document, or with heat-laminating sheets made of a bifurcated clear laminate sheet that the document is inserted into and then placed in a machine that has heated rollers that melt the bifurcated sheet into one which encapsulates the document, protecting it from the lements. the laminate sheets having varying thicknesses according to the desired use of the laminated document.