Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing
Categories: Design and Architecture | History | World
By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/then-and-now-30-photo-comparisons-that-show-how-the-world-is-changing.htmlRepeating photos of the same places after 10 or even 50 years has now become one of the fashion trends. Such pictures are a real artistic analogue of a time machine, since the passage of time is especially clearly visible on them.
Time runs inexorably fast, and sometimes we don't even notice how the world around us is changing. But it's so interesting… Some changes go unnoticed. But if you compare the same places now and a few decades ago, you can be very surprised. And what will happen if you rewind the calendar a century ago!
To track the changes, the OldPhotosInRealLife subreddit was created. Its participants post comparison photos that show the impact of time on buildings, tourist attractions and nature. In most places, the course of life has left an indelible imprint. See for yourself by scrolling through below.
Big oak in Thomasville, Georgia, 1895 — 2020
"Our family farm, 1900 — 2000. The window of my nursery on the second floor in the center"
Ancient Greece before and after excavations
"My ancestors assembled this house themselves from ready-made blanks. Such prefabricated houses were in fashion at the beginning of the twentieth century
Visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art view the painting by Emmanuel Leutze "Washington crossing the Delaware", 1910 - 2019
Golden Cross Hotel, English city of Coventry, 1819 — 2021
The Berlin Wall in the year of its fall — and 31 years later
Hiroshima: 75 years later
Machu Picchu, Peru, 1915 — 2020
Prague suburbs, 1910 — 2020
Castle House in Detroit before and after restoration, 1993 — 2021
Milan, Italy, 1950 and 2021
The City of St Ives in Cornwall — 1888 and 2021
"An English tank in my city", 1945 — 2021
The Curtiss C-46 Commando, owned by drug lord Pablo Escobar, sank off the Bahamas in 1985. That's what happened to him in 35 years in salt water
In childhood and today
St. Martin's Church in Cologne, Germany. 1946 and 2021
Van Gogh, "The Terrace of the night cafe", 1888 — 2021
Abandoned restaurant in Petropolis, Brazil, 1960 — 2013
Main City Gate, York, England, 1865 — 2015
Royal Residence built in 1774, Bath, England, 1829 — 2020
Theodore Roosevelt could be proud of the preservation of heritage
The world's oldest subway station Baker Street, London: photos with a difference of 157 years
Court of Lviv, Granada, Spain, 1840 — 2021
Krakow, Poland, 1939 — 2010
Manhattan Bridge, 1908 — 2021
Brihadiswara Temple, Thanjavur, India
"My great-grandfather's house in Nashville, 1896 — 2021"
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hong Kong in 1964 and in 2016
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