Christmas Past by Diane Peterson

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]

antiques

mickey

windowshopping

sleds

the last chair

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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.

11 thoughts on “Christmas Past by Diane Peterson”

  1. A blast from the past 2 X´s removed. It really is great 2 C we still have vintage something left with us……

  2. 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!

  3. 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.

  4. “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.

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