We have seen a number of Photomanipulations before, but most of them reimagine the world we know. Artist Jane Long is more interested in re-imagining the past, turning posed, black and white photos of mid-century in colorful and dreamlike images.
Using photos from an archive in Romania, Long transforms them into imaginative, surrealistic scenes. It calls the dance series With Costica.
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Unlike his light creations and dream, original photos look stiff, perhaps even without joy. But that was just the photographic convention time, speaks volumes. These photos were taken before smiling in a photo was common practice
Jane Long
"I wanted to change the background image," she says. "The photographic practices meant at the time people rarely smiled in the photos, but that does not mean they did not laugh and love. I wanted to present the images. "
By adding a new setting and fantastic detail, long celebrated the lives of the people of the past.
Jane Long
Sometimes the changes are not even that surreal, but they lend a magical quality to the photos anyway.
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"I wanted people to see these figures as real people, more than just an old photo. Add color completely changes our perception of images, "says long. It should be noted that it modifies, real physical pictures, which are located in Romania, but rather to change the digital copies of them.
Jane Long
regarding the meanings behind the images, long said it to the viewer.
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Some people have objected to the fact that long manipulates pictures of people she does not know. Long, not knowing makes them easier to create something truly original and organic, rather than something that could be influenced by information about the person.
Jane Long
"I will probably never know the real stories of these people, but in my mind, they became characters in the tales of my own invention. "Long said," Star crossed lovers, a girl waits for her lover comes home, the boys share a fantasy, children innocent with a hint of something dark. "
She sometimes combines multiple photos into a single image.
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(via Colossal)
You can see more of the work of Jane long on its website, as well on Facebook. If you like historical photos, make sure to check out the Archive Costica Acsinte.
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