Amazing Photos Re-Create Old Time America In Incredibly Creative Ways

Photographer Michael Paul Smith has a series of photographic street scenes depicting neighborhoods in America back in the middle of the 20th century.

A street scene from Michael Paul Smith's
"Elgin Park" series.  

They're lovely, nostalgic glimpses of the way things looked in your grandparents time.

The amazing part is how he creates these images.

Smith sets up minature toy cars on a table, and arranges everything just so, aims his camera exactly right, the the resulting photographs look  absolutely real. He does this with a $200 point and shoot camera. The results are amazing, as I found on the We All Bleed The Same Color blog

Click on the We All Bleed link above to see how he does it.

And here's how he created the above scene.  

Smith calls his images "Elgin Park" and you can see much more of his work at www.visitelginpark.com

Smith's background as a textbook illustrator, wallpaper hanger, house painter, museum display designer, architectural model maker and retail store art director prepared him for this work, he says.




Check out his web site, enjoy, and maybe buy a beautiful print or two.

 M Michael has been building scale models for over 25 years. His model making skills have been accumulated through his varied job and life experiences; he has been a text book illustrator, wallpaper hanger and house painter, designer of museum displays, architectural model maker, and art director for retail stores. His love of the 20th Century has been a constant inspiration for all of his work.Michael has been building scale models for over 25 years. His model making skills have been accumulated through his varied job and life experiences; he has been a text book illustrator, wallpaper hanger and house painter, designer of museum displays, architectural model maker, and art director for retail stores. His love of the 20th Century has been a constant inspiration for all of his work.ichael has been building scale models for over 25 years. His model making skills have been accumulated through his varied job and life experiences; he has been a text book illustrator, wallpaper hanger and house painter, designer of museum displays, architectural model maker, and art director for retail stores. His love of the 20th Century has been a constant inspiration for all of his work.Michael has been building scale models for over 25 years. His model making skills have been accumulated through his varied job and life experiences; he has been a text book illustrator, wallpaper hanger and house painter, designer of museum displays, architectural model maker, and art director for retail stores. His love of the 20th Century has been a constant inspiration for all of his work.