There’s something special and unique about vintage photography. I’m not sure if it’s the grainy texture, the over exposure or the unsaturated colours that appeal to me, but they all seem so warm and inviting. I seem to have collected a few images with this vintage charm as my favourites on Flickr and thought I would share the images and their Photographers with you.
As well as these great photostreams there are some excellent group pools for vintage and retro images:
- Retro and Vintage Photography
- Vintage and Retro Hotshots
- Lovely and Amazing
- Faux Film
- Retro Colours
- Faux Vintage Photos
- Rewind: Vintage and Retro Love
I can’t say I have a favourite image as I think they all look gorgeous. Have you spotted any 70’s inspired images we could include here?
Posted by Lu
Share this: del.icio.us / Digg it / StumbleUpon / Tweet This / Share on Facebook
If you enjoyed this blog article you can subsribe to FREE updates from our graphic design blog by email or RSS
You may also be interested in:
Posted
on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 at 10:24 am
Posted In Photography | Tags: Flickr, Photography, Retro
those pictures inspire me ! thanks! I have submitted a link of this article to our website in order to share it with more people,check
http://www.webmasterclip.com/story/13-beautiful-examples-vintage-1970%E2%80%99s-photography
Inspirational !!!
I would love a tutorial on how to make a photo look like this in photoshop. Great colors.
[...] 13 Beautiful Examples Of Vintage 1970’s Photography [...]
..classic images from a time not too long ago,
but can now be appreciated more as time passes.
Great set of photo’s, vintage photography looks great and to me is a style that really captures a moment so well. I’ve got some Photoshop Actionscripts for this kind of effect on my computer - I’ll have to dig them out and share them on my site.
these are beautiful. They look like something right out of photoshop! Its funny how we actually put work into making photos look old today when back then, that just how they looked. Great photography work.
Hi Edward - Glad you are inspired and thanks for the link.
Hi Jamal - I agree very inspirational!
Hi David - It may be worth keeping track of http://www.dannyhinde.com for any tutorials….
Hi Bob - So true.
Hi Danny - Let us know when you put your actionscripts live…
Hi Nora - I agree I think it’s funny how back then we strived for clear detailed images like we can achieve now and now we admire grain and over exposure! We’re obviously never happy!
Thank you all for your thoughts!
[...] Seen it: Vintage Style Photography April 24th, 2009 Goto comments Leave a comment // I love the style of vintage-looking photography. So naturally I was thrilled when I saw this post on Twitter the other day: 13 beautiful examples of vintage 1970s photography. [...]
Awesome list…..reminds me of my father’s record collection
Beautiful examples. The charm of vintage photography for me is part nostalgia, part aesthetic appeal. A good vintage photograph can draw me in like a modern equivalent often can’t.
Hi Dinu - Thanks! Your father must have a gorgeous record collection!
Hi Ian - I couldn’t agree more, what an excellent description.
Thanks for stopping by!
Nice. I’ve seen some postcards that have this look.
Hi Pat - Yeah, it’s becoming quite a popular style. Feel free to email us any vintage postcards you find.
Thanks for stopping by!
[...] Before I knew anything about photography I was always drawn to the more vintage look. Either the pictures were old and faded, or they had been given this effect in photoshop. I have been experimenting with this myself in photoshop with some of my own images, but they never look the way I want. Luckily I just found the best website ever that describes these different ways to give your photo that vintage look. I can’t wait to try it. I might use it with my next shoot in portraiture if I do an era shoot. check it out! http://www.eightyonedesign.co.uk/13-beautiful-examples-of-vintage-1970s-photography/ [...]
Thanks for the inspiration! The vintage look is so great, and there are so many amazing photographers out there. I can’t imagine the millions of great photos that we will never see because of the sheer amount is too overwhelming…