I see shop windows decorated with beautiful lights and Christmas trees, shiny new toys, the latest technical gadgets and luxury items…I leave these for the next photographer. Give me thrift shops and second hand store windows filled with vintage decor, yesterday’s toys and forgotten treasures and I rush to find a way to share it with the world. Using vintage cameras with no fancy options is my way of capturing 50+ year old bikes, wooden sleds, dolls and teddies now somehow left sadly forgotten after years of love.

[Vintage Argus seventy-five medium format camera; asa/100 film]

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American photographer Diane Peterson is an aamora.com member living on the northern prairies of Idaho. View Diane’s work on her website, her blog, on Holgaville or aamora.com.