Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

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Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Categories: Design and Architecture | History | World

Repeating 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!

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

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.

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Big oak in Thomasville, Georgia, 1895 — 2020

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

"Our family farm, 1900 — 2000. The window of my nursery on the second floor in the center"

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Ancient Greece before and after excavations

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

"My ancestors assembled this house themselves from ready-made blanks. Such prefabricated houses were in fashion at the beginning of the twentieth century

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art view the painting by Emmanuel Leutze "Washington crossing the Delaware", 1910 - 2019

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Golden Cross Hotel, English city of Coventry, 1819 — 2021

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

The Berlin Wall in the year of its fall — and 31 years later

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Hiroshima: 75 years later

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Machu Picchu, Peru, 1915 — 2020

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Prague suburbs, 1910 — 2020

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Castle House in Detroit before and after restoration, 1993 — 2021

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Milan, Italy, 1950 and 2021

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

The City of St Ives in Cornwall — 1888 and 2021

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

"An English tank in my city", 1945 — 2021

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

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

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

In childhood and today

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

St. Martin's Church in Cologne, Germany. 1946 and 2021

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Van Gogh, "The Terrace of the night cafe", 1888 — 2021

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Abandoned restaurant in Petropolis, Brazil, 1960 — 2013

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Main City Gate, York, England, 1865 — 2015

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Royal Residence built in 1774, Bath, England, 1829 — 2020

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Theodore Roosevelt could be proud of the preservation of heritage

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

The world's oldest subway station Baker Street, London: photos with a difference of 157 years

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Court of Lviv, Granada, Spain, 1840 — 2021

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Krakow, Poland, 1939 — 2010

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Manhattan Bridge, 1908 — 2021

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Brihadiswara Temple, Thanjavur, India

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

"My great-grandfather's house in Nashville, 1896 — 2021"

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Then and now: 30 photo comparisons that show how the world is changing

Hong Kong in 1964 and in 2016

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