A Peterborough Couple Is Brilliantly Recreating Photos From Different Eras
/For a Peterborough woman's birthday on Saturday (August 27th), a couple celebrated it by traveling back in time and collaborating on an awesome photo set in 1926. Michael Morritt and Gillian Turnham's "time machine photo" was photographed at a beach in Port Hope, Ontario near Peterborough.
Gillian and Michael from 1926, er, 2016 at Port Hope Beach
"For the '20s photo, we wanted Gillian to be a flapper and for me to be a more straight laced suitor," Morritt tells PTBOCanada. "As with all our historical photos, we place the emphasis on getting the appearance of authenticity, rather than using authentic costumes. In some photos we've used paper towel to simulate fabrics, or used random bowls for hats. You can always find something in the photos that gives away the truth. However, you can hide a lot in black and white."
The costume and props in the photos came from Talise, Vinnie's and Catalina's in Peterborough.
Here is another photo from the '20s series...
This isn't the first time the couple—who aren't particular historical buffs—have created a historical photo that they have shared, and the plan is for many more in what Morritt calls a "nice hobby among many others".
"This is the second historical photograph we've been happy with, the first being set in 1896," Morritt tells PTBOCanada. "Our intent is to create 12 photos from 12 different eras."
The 1896 photo...
Gillian and Michael in 1896, er, February 2014
And in case you were wondering, here is what they actually look like in "real life" in a wedding picture of them taken earlier this summer...
Photo by Sean Bruce
