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Flower Portraits V

by hankinslawrenceimages | Oct 25, 2022 | Flower Portraits

A series of studio photographs of flowers highlighting the beauty and intricate details of the flowers.

Orange Romeo Carnations © 2021 Patty Hankins

Lupines © 2020 Patty Hankins Background texture from French Kiss Collections

Orange & Yellow Dahlia © 2020 Patty Hankins

Inspired by the Paintings of Berthe Morisot II

by hankinslawrenceimages | Oct 18, 2022 | Berthe Morisot

A few years ago, I saw the Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist exhibit at the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia. I was captivated by how Morisot portrayed women in her paintings, especially several paintings showing women in quiet private moments such as a woman putting on her stockings or sitting at her dressing table. These photographs are inspired by those quiet private moments.

I could not create this photographs without the amazing women I have worked with on it. Whether in my studio, or working remotely from their studios, every model has brought ideas and inspiration as we created the photos. Without their help, this series would just be a concept floating around in my head. Thanks to all these wonderful women, we have brought the moments in Morisot’s paintings to life.

Ivory Flame - Inspired by Berthe Morisot © 2021 Patty Hankins

Anoush Anou with Teacup © 2021 Patty Hankins Background texture from 2 Lil Owls

Beautiful Flowers

by hankinslawrenceimages | Oct 11, 2022 | Flowers

Seneca Creek State Park, Maryland

Buchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Bethesda, Maryland

Rockville, Maryland

Flower Portraits IV

by hankinslawrenceimages | Oct 4, 2022 | Flower Portraits

A series of studio photographs of flowers highlighting the beauty and intricate details of the flowers.

Purple Iris © 2020 Patty Hankins Background Texture from French Kiss Collections

Orange Romeo Carnation © 2021 Patty Hankins

White Chrysanthemums © 2021 Patty Hankins

Inspired by the Kodak Girl V

by hankinslawrenceimages | Sep 27, 2022 | Kodak Girls

One of my favorite advertising campaigns is the Kodak Girl campaigns of the early 1900s. Kodak wanted to get women involved with photography figuring that if women had cameras and took photographs than they would sell more film and cameras. So they created the Kodak Girl who was portrayed in the ads as an active woman out with her camera. She traveled, she participated in sporting events, and she photographed her friends and family. What she didn’t do was be an object photographed by male photographers.

So this series of photos is inspired by the early Kodak Girl campaigns – portraying women across the years out photographing with their cameras.

Every model photographed in this series has been a joy to work with. The images are collaborations that I could not create with them. They all have contributed wonderful ideas, outfits, cameras and an amazing sense of fun to the project. Without their help, this project would still be an idea floating in my brain – they have brought the Kodak Girl to life.