Intriguing Civil War-Style Portraits of ‘Lincoln’ Extras in Real Life

Nov 20, 2012

Spotted by Adweek, this portrait series conceptualized Anya Mills, a senior art producer at The Martin Agency, and shot by Richmond-based photographer Adam Ewing, took advantage of all of the extras from Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln that were roaming around town with crazy, old-fashioned hairstyles and normal, everyday street clothes. The resulting photos, like the classic Mathew Brady images that they reference, present the subject to the viewer with a stark, unflinching reality — but the fact that we’re looking at out-of-costume actors gives the homage a pretty interesting twist. Click through to check them out!

Photo credit: Adam Ewing