Dancing with Costică by Jane Long

Dancing with Costică by Jane Long is an extraordinary collection of vintage photographs. For the uninitiated in the world of photography and history Costica Acsinte is like a hero. At the end of the first world war Acsinte was perhaps the last professional photographer remained in circulation in Romania. Upon his death in 1984 had amassed a collection of well- 5000 glass plate negatives depicting people of all ages and professions.

Who is interested in photography and want to discover this fantastic collection of portraits can visit the Flikr page at this address: Costică Acsinte Archive.

The main fact that strikes me about this whole thing is not only the large collection of historic photos and monumental work of the romanian photographer, but also the involvement of the online community of photographers who are interested in the case, among these the most important is Cezar Popescu that in 2013 It is activated to digitize and then save the negatives on glass plate.

After this miraculous digital intervention the australian photographer Jane Long recovered and, especially, gives new life to some of the photos in the collection of Acsinte. The collection in question is called “Dancing with Costică” and collects some shots taken by romanian photographer Costica Acsinte, you will see an original and a manipulated version with adding color and depth.

Jane Long in practice do not merely add two simple elements, but tells a story. Even if you do not know the real story of the characters portrayed, we can imagine that behind the photo there is a life made of small daily gestures, desires, hopes and dreams. How are we today as were the subjects of the photos by Costica Acsinte. In addition gives an almost magical touch for adding dream almost romantic settings.

I present to you a very interesting video not only for photo enthusiasts but also for graphic designers who want to engage in the art of photo manipulation. Here the photographer Jane Long makes us discover step by step compose a photograph from her collection.