These 20 Modern Vintage Photos In South Carolina Will Take You To The Past

South Carolina is more than just the land, it is the people, the atmosphere, the energy. Our slower pace of life gives us more time to dream and create; more time to explore not just our surroundings, but ourselves as well. We don’t follow trends here, we make them! Amazing photographers are born here in South Carolina and these modern vintage photographs are just a taste of what we do.

TW Collins/Flickr

Taken outside of Lake Hartwell, SC. I absolutely love old gas stations of the bygone era and South Carolina has so many of them.

Justin Shearer/Flickr

Dubbed "Flower Power" by the photographer, this photograph has beautiful, rich browns which makes it really warm.

Strange Tea Party Photography/FB

Vintage photographs are not made by black and white alone. It is composition and clothing as well as location as shown here.

Jimmy Emerson DVM/Flickr

I love this photograph as it reminds me of my mom. Adluh Flour was always her preferred choice for baking.

Delk Haigler Photography/FB

A beautifully done black and white captured by Delk Haigler.

anoldent/Flickr

Lone Star BBQ found in Santee, SC. A double whammy of a vintage photograph of a vintage building.

Harris Walker/Flickr

A beautiful example of the muted colors found in a lot of vintage photographs. Taken by Harris Walker Photography in Greenville, SC.

Strange Tea Party Photography/FB

Has anyone ever seen this house? Taken somewhere in Florence County, SC by Crystal Hicks owner of Strange Tea Party Photography.

Tim Parkinson/Flickr

Beautifully classic from the colors to the clothes, this is an all in one package. Taken at Folly Beach, SC.

Mike Foote/Flickr

When you have such a beautiful subject, all it takes is a touch to make it classically vintage. Taken in Myrtle Beach, SC.

Lauren Rushing/Flickr

Am I the only one who thinks "Hollywood" when you look at this?

Dimitry/Flickr

Can you believe this one was taken in 2011? I was taken aback myself! A beautifully done vintage of Hilton Head Beach, SC.

GrayWolfX47/Flickr

I love the texture of this picture that was taken in Starr, SC.

Strange Tea Party Photography/FB

As I have said before, it is more than just black and white or sepia. It is so much more as we see here.

GrayWolfX47/Flickr

What talent! An amazing composition and the black and white treatment adds so much.

Tony Gonzalez/Flickr

Taken with a vintage camera to make a vintage photograph! Simply gorgeous.

Allen Jaszcar/Flickr

Texture. I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels they can run their finger across this photograph and expect to feel the wood and the roof. Taken south of Greenwood, SC.

Strange Tea Party Photography/FB

Softness and pearls. What more could you ask for in a vintage type photograph of a baby girl?

Gwen Tennille/Fey Illusions Photography

A nice photograph of warm sepia tones. Taken in Florence, SC.

Delk Haigler Photography/FB

Soft light and long shadows make this photograph.

The lack of color or muted colors does not a vintage photograph make by itself and these South Carolina photographers understand that so very well. It takes talent and knowledge to do this and South Carolina photographers have a lot of subjects to use for practice.

I want to take a moment and thank all of the photographers who made this article possible: Strange Tea Party/Crystal Hicks, Delk Haigler Photography, Graywolfx47, Allen Jaszcar, Tony Gonzalez, Tim Parkinson, Jimmy Emerson, DVM, T Collins, Anoldent, Mike Foote, Lauren Rushing, Dimitry, Harris Walker, and Justin Shearer.