There is no end to the inspiration I get from looking at vintage photographs- through immersion comes awakened imagination.
The central characters in my graphic novel are real people but as I am doing an artistic interpretation of real events, I revel in the freedom to flesh out the central characters using old photos as a starting point.
There is no harm in imposing appearance and character on the brothers and sisters, so long as we regard this as a mere device for solidifying Will’s physical background. We are entitled to visualize him as a boy eating, singing and sleeping in the house on Henley Street, and its convenient to have him surrounded by something thicker than swathes of ectoplasm with name-tags.
– Anthony Burgess, Shakespeare
A great source for vintage photos in Vancouver BC is Salmagundi West
Molly- A Graphic Novel Trailer
Editor, cinematography: Julian Bowers
Writer, researcher, illustrator: Katarina Thorsen
NOTE: All photographs in my graphic novel research collection were purchased at a variety of places such as on ETSY, at Salmagundi West, Fort Langley Antique Mall, etc. They are all dated 1947 or earlier.
What is public domain?
Photographs taken in Canada in 1949 and earlier by a photographer or a corporation, as these lapsed into the public domain prior to Canadian copyright changes in 1998.
Corporate records and photographs created in Canada more than 50 years old.
Also check out: Canadian Public Domain Flowchart