Reimagining the past

An Australian artist creates a whimsical world out of vintage Romanian portraits

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Jane Long takes archival images and transforms them into modern art.
(Image credit: (Costica Acsinte Archive, Jane Long)The original photos are part of the Costica Acsinte Archive, a collection of public domain images by the eponymous Romanian photographer, who captured the)

(Image credit: (Costica Acsinte Archive, Jane Long))

(Image credit: (Costica Acsinte Archive, Jane Long))

(Image credit: (Costica Acsinte Archive, Jane Long)An image can take between 10-15 hours of PhotoShop production. But, once in a while, Long will be so inspired that she'll work on a piece for days. The ima)

(Image credit: (Costica Acsinte Archive, Jane Long))

(Image credit: (Costica Acsinte Archive, Jane Long))

(Image credit: (Costica Acsinte Archive, Jane Long)To see more of Jane Long's work, check out her website or follow her on Facebook)

Jackie Friedman
Jackie Friedman

Jackie Friedman is the assistant photo editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the photojournalism program at Kent State University and now lives in New York.