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Historic Glass-Plate Photos From Romania Restored And Turned Into Colorful Art (Part 2)

Continuing with her Dancing with Costică series, Australian artist Jane Long uses photographs from Romanian photographer Costică Acsinte restores, recolors and transforms them into something unexpected!

Some people love them and some people hate them but there’s little doubt they all involve lots of painstaking retouching in Photoshop. The original images are part of a collection being restored and digitized by Cezar Popescu for the Ialomita County Museum.

The series will be exhibited as part of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale from August 22nd.

More info: Facebook | janelong.com.au

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Also, check out PART 1 of the project here

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LorraAllen 9 years ago

so many small details....the field mouse....the womans reflection in the silver teapot.....the flowers are the music.!!! magical.... brilliant and so so enjoyable thank you!

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StuartHolroyd 9 years ago

I've commented on poor restorations beforehand, they are relatively easy with good PS skills. However...these are a different level. Love them. Conceptual, Surreal and very well executed. Kudos.

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0tothe9th 9 years ago

Although a couple were vaguely disturbing, I'm happy that these old portraits have not been lost to time.

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SilviaYiyi 9 years ago

This artist is crazy awesome!!!!

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SusannaVesna 9 years ago

Very interesting imagination you have! A mixture of creepy and beautiful!

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NorwegianTravelers 9 years ago

Awesome!! Wow

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MayaAladdin 9 years ago

Brilliant I love 'em all!!! But wow those kids tho, some of 'em gave me the creeps. Was it a taboo to smile for a photo back then?

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StuartHolroyd 9 years ago

A lot of people did smile, the problem was that it took nearly 60 seconds to get an exposure. There's actually a really good article floating around with behind the scene shots of family photos where they have messed up by laughing etc. The problem was after the 20th time of trying to take the photo, people just got fed up of trying to hold the same face and posture...hence the moody looks in older photos. :-)

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VeraDeák 9 years ago

so creative, amazing :)

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Alissa Tipton 7 years ago

Very AMAZING photo manipulations, cool style! I wanted to retouch in this genre, but image manipulations are not my strong points. I send my works to online photo retouching services like FixThePhoto if I need

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karamyers 8 years ago

i think you messed up those priceless items

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ReneeDykes 9 years ago

very kewl!!!

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StroiaIonut 9 years ago

Great work man, congrats !

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RaleDedebaş 9 years ago

Cool

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RichardWalton 9 years ago

Great work, thanks for sharing

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RichardWalton 9 years ago

Very good work, executed perfectly. Thanks for sharing

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CurtisAllen 9 years ago

I don't quite understand all of these, but I love them!

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TerriGold 9 years ago

Wow! The power of Photoshop and imagination. Very cool.

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Sonia.Alexandra 9 years ago

Absolutely brilliant. The remakes are extraordinary.

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BonitaBielawski 9 years ago

Great stuff!

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BonitaBielawski 9 years ago

I really love it. Its very imaginative. Would love a couple prints.

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LeslieCully 9 years ago

Beautiful and fascinating! I don't find them to be creepy in any way. I'd love to have prints of some of the images.

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LeslieCully 9 years ago

Beautiful and fascinating! I don't find anything creepy about them.

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AnnSefir 9 years ago

i like it very much ! an artist with vision !

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LeslieKeating 9 years ago

Oh my...how I love this work.....

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AndreiDanyukov 9 years ago

Лайк

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OanaTecuceanu 9 years ago

I am romanian and honestly this gave me chills. I can't imagine my country at the beginning of 19th century, it's so creppy, yet fascinating..

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VladVernica 9 years ago

Actually is the 20th century...;)

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CinScott 9 years ago

Very well done! I love them all but especially the boys in the tub.

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KenriBasar 9 years ago

Wwowowowowowow....simply mind blowing. I LOVE it. I love surreal and fantasy themes.... these are absolutely brilliant and so well done. Few reminds of Hayao Miyazaki on a random note.

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FernandaSantos 9 years ago

amazing :o

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ChaAbigailDorianeMaquin 9 years ago

I think that we are a generation of smile ...

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xDAyaShameimaruxD 9 years ago

the only bad thing is that the glass plates are deteriorating in time, because of the fact that our museum doesnt have a proper storage system. Its good to see that people are fascinated by these photos that are representative for our town, slobozia.

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JessikaHodson 9 years ago

I love works like this. Similar to an artist i studied at college.

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MariaCristinaCiocoiu 9 years ago

superb!!!

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CharlestonTintypist 9 years ago

Looks like Maggie Taylor's style to me. She's been doing this type work for years. http://maggietaylor.com

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CaroleVernon 9 years ago

Are these for sale?

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JaneLong 9 years ago

You can purchase signed, limited edition prints here http://janelong.photomerchant.net/dancing-with-costica

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ZuzanaSlezakova 9 years ago

amazing!!

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TinyDynamine 9 years ago

Very good. A hint of Magritte in some of them.

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JennyJozwiak 9 years ago

This is awesome!!

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LorraAllen 9 years ago

so many small details....the field mouse....the womans reflection in the silver teapot.....the flowers are the music.!!! magical.... brilliant and so so enjoyable thank you!

20points

StuartHolroyd 9 years ago

I've commented on poor restorations beforehand, they are relatively easy with good PS skills. However...these are a different level. Love them. Conceptual, Surreal and very well executed. Kudos.

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0tothe9th 9 years ago

Although a couple were vaguely disturbing, I'm happy that these old portraits have not been lost to time.

7points

SilviaYiyi 9 years ago

This artist is crazy awesome!!!!

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SusannaVesna 9 years ago

Very interesting imagination you have! A mixture of creepy and beautiful!

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NorwegianTravelers 9 years ago

Awesome!! Wow

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MayaAladdin 9 years ago

Brilliant I love 'em all!!! But wow those kids tho, some of 'em gave me the creeps. Was it a taboo to smile for a photo back then?

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StuartHolroyd 9 years ago

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VeraDeák 9 years ago

so creative, amazing :)

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Alissa Tipton 7 years ago

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karamyers 8 years ago

i think you messed up those priceless items

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ReneeDykes 9 years ago

very kewl!!!

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StroiaIonut 9 years ago

Great work man, congrats !

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RaleDedebaş 9 years ago

Cool

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RichardWalton 9 years ago

Great work, thanks for sharing

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RichardWalton 9 years ago

Very good work, executed perfectly. Thanks for sharing

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CurtisAllen 9 years ago

I don't quite understand all of these, but I love them!

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TerriGold 9 years ago

Wow! The power of Photoshop and imagination. Very cool.

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Sonia.Alexandra 9 years ago

Absolutely brilliant. The remakes are extraordinary.

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BonitaBielawski 9 years ago

Great stuff!

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BonitaBielawski 9 years ago

I really love it. Its very imaginative. Would love a couple prints.

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LeslieCully 9 years ago

Beautiful and fascinating! I don't find them to be creepy in any way. I'd love to have prints of some of the images.

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LeslieCully 9 years ago

Beautiful and fascinating! I don't find anything creepy about them.

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AnnSefir 9 years ago

i like it very much ! an artist with vision !

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LeslieKeating 9 years ago

Oh my...how I love this work.....

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AndreiDanyukov 9 years ago

Лайк

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OanaTecuceanu 9 years ago

I am romanian and honestly this gave me chills. I can't imagine my country at the beginning of 19th century, it's so creppy, yet fascinating..

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VladVernica 9 years ago

Actually is the 20th century...;)

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CinScott 9 years ago

Very well done! I love them all but especially the boys in the tub.

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KenriBasar 9 years ago

Wwowowowowowow....simply mind blowing. I LOVE it. I love surreal and fantasy themes.... these are absolutely brilliant and so well done. Few reminds of Hayao Miyazaki on a random note.

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