1899 and 2009

[photax]

Hi !

I copied a old 1899 cardboard-mounted photograph from my collection, showing a place ca. 1 mile away from my home. Today i took a picture with my "ever in my pocket"-Casio Camera from the same point of view and realized, that nothing basic ( except the cars and the electric light ) had changed in 110 years. I prepared the picture of today in the same color and "extra grainy" to match the old one.

MIK

[olroy2044]

Wow! Terrific study in contrasts and similarities. Very interesting. Nice job matching the feeling of the old photo. Roy

[Deleted]

Interesting seeing how similar the two scenes are. The company I work for has published a number of "Then and Now" books about the American West showing some of the early photographs of various locations taken in the mid to late 19th century, and photos of how they look today.

[Randy]

Now that is really interesting, I've been doing the same kind of thing here.

[nikonbob]

Unfortunately we have a cure for that supposed problem in our town and it is called urban renewal. Virtually nothing looks similar to what it was 100 or so years ago. It was not until recently that much thought was given to even saving historical buildings. These two photos were interesting to see and the "aging" of the modern one to emulate the old was well done too.

Bob

[pompiere]

Urban renewal isn't a new concept. My daughter recently did a report for her photography class on a French photographer who was hired to document the streets and buildings of Paris before they were torn down to make the avenues and boulevards that we know today. This was in the 1860s. I never knew how much of Paris had been completely changed until I read through the books and articles that she had for her research.

Edit: Charles Marville was the name of the photographer.

[PeterW]

Great idea to take a picture from the same viewpoint and then sepia tone it and "age" it to compare it with the 1899 shot. Quite remarkable how little has changed.

PeterW