As I mentioned in my plan, I was planning to edit two different ways – in the style of Bill Brandt, as well as Luigi Ghirri. – However, I found that Bill Brandt’s edits worked more with my archival pictures and my own pictures, and Luis Ghirri’s much more difficult and not fitting as well with my new pictures. Therefore I decided to only edit in the style of Bill Brandt, and pair these with my archival images. This type of editing will make up my final pieces, edited together in the style of Joachim Schmid.
Bill Brandt inspired edits
Turning B and W and adding grain 
Using gradient map (37% opacity) 
Adding more grain 
Adding contrast and brightness 
Final Edit in the style of Bill Brandt 
Original image
Turning B and W 
Increasing contrast 
Adding brightness and sepia tint 
Original image
Turning B and W 
Adding grain 
Adding gradient map 
Adding more contrast and grain, and brightness 
Final edit 
Original image
Original edit 
Turning black and white 
Adding contrast 
Adding contrast and grain
Other examples of my editing
I’m glad I made the decision to only use Bill Brandt as my editing inspiration, as I think that they show the idea of age and generational identity better, and fit more coherently with my found images. This will make it easier for me to create my final pieces in the style of Joachim Schmid.