Rephotography is the act of taking a photo of a place that has already been photographed some time ago. While being a challenge for the photographers to recreate all the angles as close as possible to the original, these images also speak wonders about the passage of time.
Whether we’re looking at expanding cities or melting glaciers, these side-by-side comparisons tell fascinating stories about the state of the world we live in as well as humanity’s abilities to create and destroy.
A few subreddits — most notably, r/OldPhotosInRealLife — have created huge archives of these photos, so we’re inviting you to take a look at some of the most fascinating ones.
#1 My Grandfather And I In Tokyo, 73 Years Apart
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#2 The Arctic 103 Years Ago Compared To Today
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#3 Chichen Itza 1892 And Now
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#4 Bike Ride In Berlin Kreuzberg ( ~1985 / 2018 )
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#5 Utrecht, Netherlands 1982 vs. 2020. They Converted The Highway To A Canal
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#6 The Shambles In York (UK) Inspiration For Diagon Alley From Harry Potter. Late 1800s And Today
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#7 Bishan Park, 30 Years Apart. Top Pic, 1988. Bottom Pic, 2020
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#8 World War I Trenches
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#9 Moscow Pictures 20 Years Apart
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#10 The Flatiron Building, New York (1917 And 2012)
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#11 Atomic Bomb Dome – 75 Years Later
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#12 The Banyan Tree In Maui. Top Photo Taken By My Grandfather While He Was Stationed There During Wwii. Bottom I Took Without Knowing His Photo Existed
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#13 The Changing Face Of St Bartholomew-The-Great’s Gatehouse In Smithfield, Which Was Built In 1595 And Some Point Bricked Over. It Was Bombed During A Ww1 Zeppelin Raid Knocking Off Some Bricks Revealing Its Tudor Half-Timbered Facade. It Was Restored To How It Looks Today. 1916 vs. Now
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#14 My Hometown, Approx 100 Years Ago vs. My Pic From Last Week…. Not So Much Has Changed…
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#15 My Great Grandfather And I Trained At The Same Location, Exactly 100 Years Apart. He Left For France Shortly After This Was Taken In 1917
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#16 Singapore 2000 vs. Now
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#17 1920 / 2020 . San Francisco, Ca
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#18 Early Los Angeles Compared To 2001
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#19 The Former Island Of Urk – The Netherlands 1930 vs. 2020
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#20 From Fascism To Kebabs, Durham 1934 vs. 2020
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#21 Buckhurst Hill Station (London Underground Station) – (1875 – 2020)
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#22 University Of Montana ~150 Years Apart
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#23 Dubai Marina (2000 – 2020)
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#24 The Trams They Are Changing ( 1990 / 2018 )
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#25 1820 Industrial St, Los Angeles
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#26 I Just Made This To Show Just How Much Melbourne’s Skyline Has Grown In 20 Years…
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#27 Dresden In Ww2 vs. Dresden Now
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#28 The Development Of This City In Georgia
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#29 Hollywood Sign, Los Angeles, USA
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#30 Subang Jaya, Selangor. 44 Years Apart
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