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.
I L*O*V*E your work Diane –
There is not much left to say anything new – to be transported into another time through your magic images is… well, magic…
A blast from the past 2 X´s removed. It really is great 2 C we still have vintage something left with us……
Penny Candy. Mickey Mouse. Rosebud.
A delightful series, Diane.
i love the idea of a vintage camera taking images of vintage objects! The result is certainly evocative of past Christmasses and very pleasing to the eye!
Thank you for all your kind words…it truly means a lot!
beautiful series… timely for the season. nostalgic… creative…
Wonderful indeed! You move us straight to the past. Although you have shot the photo a second ( or better a 1/125) earlier, this short and minuscule time period turns into tens years.
“Hold your breath
Make a wish
Count to three
Come with me
And you’ll be
In a world of
Pure imagination
Take a look
And you’ll see
Into your imagination
We’ll begin
With a spin
Traveling in
The world of my creation
What we’ll see
Will defy
Explanation
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanta change the world?
There’s nothing
To it
There is no
Life I know
To compare with
Pure imagination
Living there
You’ll be free
If you truly wish to be
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanta change the world?
There’s nothing
To it
There is no
Life I know
To compare with
Pure imagination
Living there
You’ll be free
If you truly
Wish to be”
Your pics are WillyWonkaWonderful.
Wonderful, nostalgic photos Diane. Perfect series for the Season…! 🙂
These images could have easily been photographed 50 years ago. Wonderful work Diane.