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.

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

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

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

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

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A beautifully done black and white captured by Delk Haigler.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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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.