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Bring a bit of sepia into your photobooks


Photographers wanting to add creativity to the images in their photobooks should seek inspiration from the past in terms of the equipment used and the style of imagery produced.

The photographs produced by Susan Bryant, professor of art at Austin Peay State University, for her exhibition Presence and Absence at the Cumberland Gallery, are a throwback to sepia style images from the 19th century when photography was in its absolute infancy.

Bryant's work is known for its extremely powerful statements, where she takes the obvious and transforms them completely.

For example, two empty chairs, cocooned by the faded black rim that was common in early photography, can be read as absence, loneliness or anticipation. They're images that viewers need to "read".

"In this group of photographs I am looking for ways of directly representing the essential nature of a thing or a person by photographing those meaningful objects and fragments of the human body," she told the Clarksville Online.

The artist used a 19th century wetplate collodion process to create the stunning visuals.

People needn't worry that they don't have access to such equipment – sophisticated software can easily mimic that look.

Once people have produced the image the next thing to do is print them off via on online photo service and assemble their own vintage "20th century vintage" photobook.
 

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