Saving photos with Time Machine

I want to be able to delete a lot of old photos from my computer after backing them up with Time Machine onto an external hard drive. I want to keep all of my old photos permanently on the external hard drive that I use when backing up. If Time Machine deletes old back-ups then eventually it will delete the photos that I want to keep won't it? How can I get around this?

If Time Machine deletes old back-ups then eventually it will delete the photos that I want to keep won't it?
Yes, that's right.
How can I get around this?
You should save them elsewhere, e.g. another hard drive dedicated to archiving your photos, or you could burn them to DVDs. If your Mac has an optical drive, burning optical media is quite simple.

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