Artist Creates Hilariously Bizarre Characters by Painting Modifications on Vintage Cabinet Card Portrait Photos

Altered Cabinet Card Portraits by Colin Batty

British artist Colin Batty creates bizarre, fantastical characters out of vintage portraits in his delightful altered cabinet card photographs. Remarkably, Batty augments each photo the old fashioned way, with a paintbrush. One hundred of his altered portraits are assembled in the book Meet the Family.

Altered Cabinet Card Portraits by Colin Batty

Altered Cabinet Card Portraits by Colin Batty

Altered Cabinet Card Portraits by Colin Batty

Altered Cabinet Card Portraits by Colin Batty

Altered Cabinet Card Portraits by Colin Batty

E.D.W. Lynch
E.D.W. Lynch

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