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Back to the Future
Written by Hannah
Prepared to be amazed. Jimmy found this really cool photogapher, Irina Werning, and basically the point of this blog is to show you “Back to the Future”, this project she did where she took old snapshots and re-created them—painstakingly, with stunning fidelity—in the present day.
So these new photos are of the same people, wearing the same clothes and striking the same poses as the original photo. Most of the shots are separated by at least a few decades, in one case, there’s a gap of 54 years. Some of these folks changed more than others. But in every instance, you should be struck by how much of their younger selves they’d managed to retain.
This is what she has to say for herself:
“I love old photos. I admit being a nosey photographer. As soon as I step into someone else’s house, I start sniffing for them. Most of us are fascinated by their retro look but to me, it’s imagining how people would feel and look like if they were to reenact them today… A few months ago, I decided to actually do this. So, with my camera, I started inviting people to go back to their future.”
Have a click through the images below and see for yourself:
