A photographer in her own right, digital artist (and Photoshopper extraordinaire) Jane Long reimagines long-forgotten vintage photos in charming ways. Originally begun as a project to improve her retouching skills, Long became entranced with the Costică Acsinte Archive whose main goal is to digitize and preserve the photographic work of Romanian WWI photographer Costică Acsinte.
Long was immediately drawn to his photos, but she wanted to give them new life. Thus was born her project, “Dancing with Costică,” wherein she manipulates Acsinte’s photographs to create a new story. The results are lovely and very satisfying. I feel like the original photo subjects would thoroughly approve of Long’s improvements.
“I wanted to change the context of the images. Photographic practices at the time meant people rarely smiled in photos but that doesn’t mean they didn’t laugh and love. I wanted to introduce that to the images.” -J. Long
August 21, 2015 at 7:45 am
Just amazing and fascinating. I love how they are made to live again.
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August 21, 2015 at 8:56 am
I thought the same. It’s so odd that some people took exception to the photo manipulation. Some people really enjoy getting worked up about nothing.
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August 21, 2015 at 11:35 am
That is for sure. I am sure that the people in the photos would be pleased — if they knew.
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August 21, 2015 at 8:23 am
Ha! I shared these on FB the other day. I think that’s twice now that you’ve selected something as worth sharing at the same time as me.
I think they are magical and surreal and wonderful. I also like the idea of giving old photos a new lease of life. I have all my family’s old photos in albums but I have a box of photos of people who are not relatives too. I can’t bear to throw them away. If I had the required skills, I would be tempted to do something creative with them.
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August 21, 2015 at 8:59 am
Take a class! Photoshop is a wonder. I use it all the time. Love it.
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August 21, 2015 at 12:03 pm
I should really. I use Photoshop Elements for basic editing so I’m familiar with the set up so I would have that as a foundation for learning proper Photoshop. Back home in Scotland I was in a camera club and some of the old timers were teaching me creative use of layers and such like but I think I’ve lost those skills through lack of application.
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August 21, 2015 at 8:29 am
Beautiful artwork, she has such a vivid imagination.
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August 21, 2015 at 9:00 am
She really does. And I love the colors she uses, too.
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August 21, 2015 at 4:18 pm
The ă caught my eye as a Romanian reader and speaker – nice stuff!
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August 21, 2015 at 4:44 pm
These are wonderful!
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August 21, 2015 at 8:43 pm
I’m glad you like them!
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August 21, 2015 at 5:15 pm
How delightfully fanciful (and occasionally creepy… in a deliciously mischievous way). Fun!
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August 21, 2015 at 8:43 pm
I want my portraits altered, too!
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August 21, 2015 at 7:04 pm
That was top-notch stuff! Thanks for sharing.
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August 21, 2015 at 8:44 pm
Thank you for stopping by! I’m happy you enjoyed it!
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August 21, 2015 at 10:30 pm
No problem, Donna. I appreciated you stopping by my blog as well 🙂
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August 27, 2015 at 2:00 am
I think this is extraordinary and it really makes you look twice…she is a *great* photoshopper!
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August 27, 2015 at 7:17 am
She really is. Adobe should hire her to do their commercials.
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