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Recent Examples of sepia
Benjamin wrote of the angel — a curly-haired seraph in sepia tones, arms raised in excitement or alarm — as facing the past while being driven toward the future by a storm too strong for his wings to beat against: the storm of progress.
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Emily Labarge, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Holmes accessorized with her sepia tinted aviators and a black beanie à la Timothée Chalamet à la Bob Dylan.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, in San Jose, Costa Rica (signified by the vaguely racist shift in sepia tone from bright-yellow to reddish-orange sepia), Kaitlyn and Byron are getting into some vintage CIA/cartel deal-making with Pablo Carrillo.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2024
Superstar country band Midland's peerless understanding of aesthetics and dynamics makes their every interaction with the universe feel like it's dipped in amber and swathed in vintage sepia tones best regarded as Instagram filters in the modern era.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 18 Oct. 2024
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Emily Labarge, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Holmes accessorized with her sepia tinted aviators and a black beanie à la Timothée Chalamet à la Bob Dylan.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, in San Jose, Costa Rica (signified by the vaguely racist shift in sepia tone from bright-yellow to reddish-orange sepia), Kaitlyn and Byron are getting into some vintage CIA/cartel deal-making with Pablo Carrillo.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2024
Superstar country band Midland's peerless understanding of aesthetics and dynamics makes their every interaction with the universe feel like it's dipped in amber and swathed in vintage sepia tones best regarded as Instagram filters in the modern era.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sepia
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Related Articles For the major sporting event, Hurts arrived to Caesars Superdome in New Orleans wearing a monochrome, all-purple suited look.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
9 Feb. 2025
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On a recent episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, the singer and host donned a monochrome burgundy look that was moody, sophisticated, and trendy all at once.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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The 1846 daguerreotype, which captured her in her 70s, is by photographer John Plumbe Jr., who would also create the earliest extant image of the U.S. Capitol in 1846.—
Roger Catlin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Dec. 2024
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But in a world where the spread of technology makes photo manipulation as easy as a tap on your phone, the idea that a visual image is an absolute truth is as outdated as the daguerreotype.—
Deepti Hajela,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Mar. 2024
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And here’s the kicker: Those photos were AP photos, credited to Nick Út.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
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Bizarrely, Cooper's chef character, Adam Jones, was shown in a photo during a montage of actual chefs during a season 3 episode of The Bear last year.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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The photographs were taken by Jonathan Rach, who also filmed much of the trek for NIN’s 1997 documentary/concert film, Closure.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2025
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Credits All photos taken from Pansies© Copyright 2025 by Brenna Estrada, photographs by Kelly Bowie.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Feb. 2025
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Comparing an 1860s tintype with an 1890s gelatin silver studio print shows the evolution of photographic processes.—
Andrea Kaston Tange,
The Conversation,
6 May 2024
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The tintype is its opposite in every aspect: Its flattened quality and narrower tonal range are hallmarks of this less technically advanced photographic process.—
Andrea Kaston Tange,
The Conversation,
6 May 2024
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“Sepia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepia. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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