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Topic started on 3-8-2010 @ 01:22 AM by BRQuick

A friend of mine posted this link on her Facebook page. This is the quote she posted along with them.

‎"Photographer Sergey Larenkov uses computational rephotography to overlay extant WWII-era photographs on their corresponding modern settings. The results are both spooky and stunning."

I thought these pictures were really...well, interesting really doesn't do them justice.

Just check them out for yourself.

Sergey Larenkov Pictures

Mods - I put this in the Weaponry section b/c these are military pictures.

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 01:40 AM by born2BWild

These are really quite astonishing. Very bold and symbolic of the history included within each picture. Thanks for sharing!

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 01:45 AM by chyeaaitskristyn

Interesting indeed!
Great find! Some are quite ghostly!
s&f

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 01:55 AM by canadiansenior70

I really enjoyed these, and will look again, I'm sure

Thank you!

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 03:22 AM by BRQuick

Ghostly!

That is the word I was trying to find to describe these.

While some are just location shots, the ones that really stand out for me are the ones where modern society seems to be mingling with long gone ghosts of the past...

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 02:13 PM by Check Yo Stats

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 02:15 PM by Sozen94

These are very interesting! Great find OP.

S&F

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 02:16 PM by Gorman91

Holy crap creepy.

Just to see what's changed and what's not.

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 02:33 PM by Mcintosh_gator1833

WOW, these are simply amazing. makes the whole event seem more real seeing it from these angles. great find!

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 02:35 PM by LeBombDiggity

Very thought provoking photographs, a privilege to view them.

Thanks for sharing

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 02:38 PM by Clairaudience

S&F, thank you for this contribution.

It is amazing to see how much this world has changed, and how much has been preserved from such destructive times.

[edit on 3-8-2010 by Clairaudience]

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 02:48 PM by airspoon

This is so cool. It allows you to view it in a different perspective. When you can relate history with the present, it puts it in a perspective that isn't so distant and therefore more real.

--airspoon

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 02:57 PM by gagol

I saw this on Slashdot this morning, very clever! It adds the perspective of time to historical monuments. I was banging my head on the wall for not having think about it myself.

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 03:03 PM by airspoon

reply to post by gagol

I was banging my head on the wall for not having think about it myself

The benchmark of brilliant art.

--airspoon

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 03:15 PM by AceWombat04

Eerie and sobering. Thank-you for sharing these. Let us be thankful for the (relative) peace enjoyed in those places now, hope that the same can be true for those places in the world where conflicts still rage, and that such times never come again.

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 03:45 PM by rhynouk

creepy & thought prevoking,i sat looking at each picture for a few seconds,sends chills down your spine.
amazing as well.

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 04:14 PM by Intelearthling

reply to post by BRQuick

Black and white photos of WWII gives one the impression that the conflict was in a distant past when in fact WWII is not that long ago. If it weren't for the B&W photos superimposed over modern color photos, I truly the full psychological effect would be absent.

Sergey Larenkov is a true master at being able to find the precise locations to match two sceneries from two different time periods.

A most excellent find and many thanks for sharing this artwork with the members here.

You probably have seen this: Warsaw 1945

BTW, a big

on your background. I beleive this is the year. GO GAMECOCKS!:UP:

[edit on 3/8/10 by Intelearthling]

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 05:36 PM by jackson2009

So very cool, i think its very interesting to see how the past asn present merge. it makes you wonder what happened on your street corner over 60 years ago very cool

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 05:45 PM by wiseone11

Brilliant work!! VERY impressed!

reply posted on 3-8-2010 @ 05:48 PM by yigsstarhouse

These definitely rock... Good job OP

It not only struck me in a ghostly way, but made me think of dimensions and time travel as well. Kind of made me think about like a residual haunting. The smaller pictures near the bottom with the bodies and people just walking by clueless of what they are stepping through.... Sorry rambling... very very nice find indeed.

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