Real Photo Postcards

It's not often I have the chance to go 'behind-the-scenes' with creative artists. The feature I'm working on now gave me that chance. Julie Lindemann and John Shimon are photographers in Manitowoc. They're working on a wonderful project that looks back at the photo postcard from a century ago. They're creating contemporary studio portrait photographs that "consider the evolution of the individual and self-presentation from the 20th to 21st century." It's fascinating how similar some aspects are and informative to look at how we, media savvy people, have changed.

The Real Photo Postcard Survey is currently on exhibit through October 2nd at the Portrait Society Gallery in Milwaukee.