Studies of photoferroelectric image storage in H-, He-, and, more recently, Ar-implanted /(PLZT) lead lanthanum zirconate titanate reveal that the photosensitivity can be significantly increased by ion implantation into the image storage surface. For example, the photosensitivity after implantation with 5×1014 500-keV Ar/cm2 is increased by about three orders of magnitude over that of unimplanted PLZT. The increase in photosensitivity results from a decrease in dark conductivity and changes in the photoconductivity of the implanted layer. We present a phenomenological model which describes the photosensitivity enhancement obtained by ion implantation. This model takes into account both light- and ion- implantation-induced changes in conductivity and gives quantitative agreement with the measured changes in the coercive voltage with near-UV light intensity for ion-implantated PLZT.