Who needs Instagram? Photographer steps 支援する in time as she 逮捕（する）s modern-day surfers using Civil War-時代 tintype camera

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These photographs may look like something you'd find in an old family scrapbook, but the surfers pictured are alive and 井戸／弁護士席 and probably out on the water as we speak.

They were 逮捕（する）d on beaches all over the the U.S. and Australia for photographer Joni Sternbach's on-going series 'SurfLand'.

To create the images, Ms Sternbach uses a large-判型 camera which produces tintypes - a style of photography popularized during the Civil War-時代.

Throwback: The following photographs were taken using a large-format camera that produces tintype photos, a process made popular during the Civil War

Throwback: The に引き続いて photographs were taken using a large-判型 camera that produces tintype photos, a 過程 made popular during the Civil War

Old-school: The pictures were taken by photographer Joni Sternbach as part of her on-going series 'SurfLand'

Old-school: The pictures were taken by photographer Joni Sternbach as part of her on-going series 'SurfLand'

New spin: Ms Sternbach says her goal wasn't to create nostalgic images, rather she wanted to use historic materials to make new images never seen before

New spin: Ms Sternbach says her goal wasn't to create nostalgic im ages, rather she 手配中の，お尋ね者 to use historic 構成要素s to make new images never seen before

On the scene: Ms Sternbach shooting a surfing subject in front of his board and car in Montauk, New York

On the scene: Ms Sternbach 狙撃 a surfing 支配する in 前線 of his board and car in Montauk, New York

Tools of the trade: Pictured on the left is the type of camera used to take the tintype photos. Development must be done on the scene using a portable dark room
Too ls of the trade: Pictured on the left is the type of camera used to take the tintype photos. Development must be done on the scene using a portable dark room

道具s of the 貿易（する）: Pictured on the left is the type of camera used to take the tintype photos. 開発 must be done on the scene using a portable dark room

The photos have a distinctly vintage vibe but Ms Sternbach says she wasn't 利益／興味d in recreating turn-of-the century pictures.

I was more 利益／興味d in creating a new topic of conversation about how can we use the 構成要素s and （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） from the history of photography to make new and wonderful images that we 港／避難所't seen before,' she told 予定する.

Ms Sternbach first started the series 支援する in 2002 when she was 狙撃 a different 事業／計画（する） in Montauk, New York.

Surf City, USA: Since 2002, Sternbach has traveled to beaches all over the U.S. and Australia to photograph surfers in their natural habitat

Surf City, USA: Since 2002, Sternbach has traveled to beaches all over the U.S. and Australia to photograph surfers in their natural habitat

Wave riders: The series first started in 2002 when she was working on a different project in Montauk, New York and captured surfers rejoicing in the sun on the water

Wave riders: The series first started in 2002 when she was working on a different 事業／計画（する） in Montauk, New York and 逮捕（する）d surfers rejoicing in the sun on the water

Blue crush: Ms Sternbach enjoys photographing surfers because they seem to make happiness a priority, which she finds rare among Americans

Blue 鎮圧する: Ms Sternbach enjoys photographing surfers because they seem to make happiness a 優先, which she finds rare の中で Americans

Her camera was 直面するing out に向かって the water when the sun broke through the clouds and the surfers on the water 爆発するd in joy.

'At that moment I snapped the shutter, turned the film 支えるもの／所有者 around and 発射 another でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れる,' she said. 'In いっそう少なく than 20 seconds on a seemingly 普通の／平均（する） summer morning, I felt I had 社債d with an entire group of people in the ocean.'

In 2006, she went 支援する to Montauk to photograph more surfers, and since then has traveled to beaches all over the U.S. and Australia for the 現在進行中の 事業／計画（する）.

Surfing state of mind: The series has had a profound affect on the photographer herself, and she says she has been infected with the surfer 'state of mind'

Surfing 明言する／公表する of mind: The series has had a 深遠な 影響する／感情 on the photographer herself, and she says she has been 感染させるd with the surfer '明言する／公表する of mind'

Hang loose: Since she started the project. Ms Sternbach noticed that she wasn't as frantic

Hang loose: Since she started the 事業／計画（する）. Ms Sternbach noticed that she wasn't as frantic

Into the blue: While the project has been relaxing for Ms Sternbach, she says that producing the images is no easy task

Into the blue: While the 事業／計画（する） has been relaxing for Ms Sternbach, she says that producing the images is no 平易な 仕事

One memorable experience was 逮捕（する）ing surfers in Santa Barbara, California riding to the beach with their surfboards on the 支援する of a horse.

She says she enjoys photographing surfers because they make 存在 happy a 優先, something that she believes most Americans don't.

Working on the 事業／計画（する） has had a 肯定的な 衝撃 on her.

Beach cowboys: In 2006 she visited Santa Barbara, California and was able to photograph surfers traveling to the beach on horseback

Beach cowboys: In 2006 she visited Santa Barbara, California and was able to photograph surfers traveling to the beach on horseback

Comparison: Ms Sternbach also took digital images of the surfing cowboys, which offers an interesting contrast
Comparison: Ms Sternbach also took digital images of the surfing cowboys, which offers an interesting contrast

Comparison: Ms Sternbach also took 数字表示式の images of the surfing cowboys, which 申し込む／申し出s an 利益／興味ing contrast

The Endless Summer: In order to create a tintype, film must be developed right on the spot, so she has to bring a portable dark room with her

The Endless Summer: ーするために create a tintype, film must be developed 権利 on the 位置／汚点／見つけ出す, so she has to bring a portable dark room with her

Wiped out: Developing pictures on location is especially hard when photograhing surfers since the beaches are usually windy

Wiped out: Developing pictures on 場所 is 特に hard when photograhing surfers since the beaches are usually 風の強い

Cowabunga: But she says that she enjoys creating the images and that they are a great alternative for people who want to experiment outside of digital

Cowabunga: But she says that she enjoys creating the images and that they are a 広大な／多数の／重要な 代案／選択肢 for people who want to 実験 outside of 数字表示式の

'I feel like I've been 感染させるd with the surfer 明言する／公表する of mind,' she said. 'I just feel like I take things more as they come. The time I spend sitting around doing what surfers do I don't spend in this frantic way of working that I used to do. One of the biggest takeaways is that somehow making pictures of people has 静めるd me 負かす／撃墜する.'

But it's not all fun and games. Producing the tintypes 伴う／関わるs more than just pointing and 狙撃.

権利 after snapping the pictures she has to develop them on the 位置／汚点／見つけ出す using a portable dark room. And working on a 風の強い beach only 追加するs to the difficulty. Still, she finds the end-result rewarding and believes tintype photography is a 広大な／多数の／重要な 代案／選択肢 for those who want to 実験 outside of 数字表示式の.

Ms Sternbach's work will be on 陳列する，発揮する starting September 23 at The Light Factory in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Longboarding: Ms Sternback says there has been an increase of interest in historic photographic processes like tintype

Longboarding: Ms Sternback says there has been an 増加する of 利益／興味 in historic photographic 過程s like tintype

Beach bunnies: She says people have become less satisfied making pictures digitally

Beach bunnies: She says people have become いっそう少なく 満足させるd making pictures digitally

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