I think this is better suited here in OT than The Gallery.

 

Was looking through my twitter feed, and I saw that dsavi_x4 had linked to this article.

 

Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov did a little experiment where he found images of buildings, soldiers and events, and photoshopped them on to photos taken in the modern day of the same place, using the same perspectives.

 

 

 

 

One of the comments on the site, I thought was very appropriate;

 

Awesome, disturbing and a great reminder how thin our veneer of civilization is.

 

I posted this topic here as I think it will be relevant to some of you if have relations that fought during WWII, and to see how things have changed.

They are pretty cool and a bit of a reminder of what can happen even in modern society. Who knows if the events in those pictures will ever happen again?

I like this. It shows how quickly things can change.

I like this. It shows how quickly things can change.

 

 

I agree. In the scale of human civilised history, the time between WW2 and now is almost nothing. Maybe our world is snowballing and moving faster and faster. do we unintentially see ourselves as much more evolved as a society since then, when in fact we are probably incredibly similar and it could all happen again?

That was pretty cool.

Thanks for sharing with us.

It certainly adds a more personal touch. Those people could be any one of us, our friends, or our relations. Of course, nobody expects to get drafted in 21st Century USA (or wherever you are), but WWIII has to happen sometime.

Wow, that's a very cool concept, and also a good reminder that those events that took place we not all that long ago.

Some of my favorite type of photography. I love this.

 

This is one of my favorites from that collection. The German flags above the Hammer and Sickle....weird seeing them together like this.

The first one from the article is definitely my favourite. It makes me think about just who has walked the steps we all take during our days. It applies the old saying of 'if the walls had eyes what stories would they tell?'

 

As a comment on the article said, it is as good as inventing a new genre. I would personally love to see this for places which I know much better.

That is very cool. Makes you think a little.

Wow, thats actually pretty interesting to think about. Unfortunately the US doesn't have the kind of history you folks over in Europe have so I can only imagine cowboys and indians riding round Arizona.

Yea, I saw this a bit ago: that is truly awesome.

I always find it strange to think that world-changing events happened right on our collective doorstep, like the way that I have lived in an area that was under the control of Soviet Russia during the fifties.

I see many of those, and I enjoy them ever time.

Brilliant photos. Pretty cool to think that what we see as normal everyday streets nowadays may have had important people and events happening on them years and years ago.

If you think, it wasn't all that long ago either - old enough to be in black and white but in the age of photography.

I think it's shoop'd, I can see the pixels. Pretty cool stuff though.

I think it's shoop'd, I can see the pixels. Pretty cool stuff though.

 

It is - read the thread before you reply :P

I think it's shoop'd, I can see the pixels. Pretty cool stuff though.

 

It is - read the thread before you reply :P

 

Sorry, let me rephrase.

 

I think it's shoop'd, I can see the pixels. [/sarcasm]