TV

Kevin Costner Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before

YEEHAW
exclusive
190522-rogers-yellowstone-tease_hx7grs
Courtesy Sarah Coulter/Paramount Network

Ahead of season two of Kevin Costner’s drama ‘Yellowstone,’ photographer Sarah Coulter brings an old processing technique to new light.

With the resurgence of Polaroid photography in the last decade, instant photography is everywhere. But rarely do photographers—even darkroom purists—throw back to the original instant photography: tintypes.

Tintypes, a wet plate collodion process, is a kind of photography that was used primarily in the mid-1800s. The process uses more than 20 chemicals (including cyanide!) and is extremely time-sensitive. In the span of about 15 minutes, an image on glass is coated, sensitized, exposed, developed, fixed and washed, creating an instant unique photograph.

Senior Photo Editor Sarah Coulter of Paramount Networks brought this vintage technique to the key art of the coming second season of Yellowstone, a western drama that looks into the clash between traditional values and the modern world starring Kevin Costner that premieres June 19.

Here, The Daily Beast brings a selection of haunting Yellowstone portraits from another era, and a behind-the-scenes look of how they’re made.

190522-rogers-yellowstone-embed_iqxact

Kevin Costner as John Dutton in Yellowstone

Courtesy Sarah Coulter/Paramount Network
190522-rogers-yellowstone-tintypes-01_z18swl

Kevin Costner as John Dutton in Yellowstone

Courtesy Sarah Coulter/Paramount Network
190522-rogers-yellowstone-tintypes-02_tsqhd7

Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton in Yellowstone

Courtesy Sarah Coulter/Paramount Network
Wes_Bentley_as_Jamie_Dutton_1_zk8lfw

Wes Bentley as Jamie Dutton in Yellowstone

Courtesy Sarah Coulter/Paramount Network
190522-rogers-yellowstone-tintypes-03_faxngc

Kelsey Asbille as Monica Dutton and Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton in Yellowstone

Courtesy Sarah Coulter/Paramount Network
190522-rogers-yellowstone-tintypes-04_wfy0eo

Denim Richards as Colby in Yellowstone

Courtesy Sarah Coulter/Paramount Network
190522-rogers-yellowstone-tintypes-06_yfulid

Luke Grimes, Kevin Costner, Kelly Reilly and Wes Bentley in Yellowstone

Courtesy Sarah Coulter/Paramount Network
190522-rogers-yellowstone-tintypes-07_jgjlji

Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton in Yellowstone

Courtesy Sarah Coulter/Paramount Network
190522-rogers-yellowstone-tintypes-08_kvq0ys

Ryan Bingham as Walker in Yellowstone

Courtesy Sarah Coulter/Paramount Network
190522-rogers-yellowstone-tintypes-09_gsseed

Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton in Yellowstone

Courtesy Sarah Coulter/Paramount Network
Cole_Hauser_as_Rip_Wheeler_1_ze13bl

Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler in Yellowstone

Courtesy Sarah Coulter/Paramount Network

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.