Amazing 'then and now' photos merged ...

[Ammi]

..and thank you, Niamh...:love:...really amazing photographs....


Since 2010, San Francisco photographer Shawn Clover has been working on a striking series of then and now composite photos of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. To create the series, Clover collected archival photos of the earthquake’s aftermath. He then replicated the photos himself, down to the location, camera position and focal length (to the best of his estimation). The resulting composite photos hauntingly combine stark images of the earthquake’s devastation with modern scenes of life in San Francisco...


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Pedestrians cross Jones St towards a pile of rubble on Market Street. The Hibernia Bank building is burned out, but still standing strong

[Ammi]

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Some business people and a young kid face the camera while fire consumes a building on the corner of Franklin St and Hayes St

[Ammi]

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A women opens the door to her Mercedes on Sacramento Street while horses killed by falling rubble lie in the street

[Ammi]

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A woman walks dangerously close to a pit of rubble on 5th St by the US Mint. The Mint has done a remarkable job surviving the quake

[Ammi]

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Two girls stand before the partially destroyed Sharon Building in Golden Gate Park while students work on their art projects inside

[Ammi]

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Shoppers cross Drumm St on Market St while men busily work at the monumental task of rebuilding a destroyed city

[Ammi]

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A cable car heads towards the California St incline while shocked residents walk aimlessly through street amidst the devastation

[Ammi]

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Men pose in a tent city to house displaced residents while an armored car turns left. Ferry Building repairs have begun

[Ammi]

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Happy tourists pass by the Fairmont Hotel, which still stands, but is destroyed inside from the fires

[Ammi]

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Passing cable cars offer a view of the destruction of California Street. Old St. Marys Cathedral has escaped destruction

[Ammi]

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Residents take to the grass at Lafayette Park to get a view of the massive fires engulfing the city while a Muni bus stops below

[Ammi]

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Pedestrians walk past Mechanics Monument at Bush Street and Battery Street while ghostly shells of buildings stand precariously in the background

[Ammi]

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The Painted Ladies have escaped fire raging down the street. Mothers rest on the low wall in Alamo Square while their children play on the grass

[Ammi]

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Cable car #455 rests halfway in the partially-detroyed cable car barn

[Ammi]

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People cross Market Street in front of the destroyed Hearst Building

[Ammi]

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Cars travel down S. Van Ness, which has buckled after the quake

[Ammi]

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People walk through rubble on Geary St

[Ammi]

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A bicyclist rides towards the fallen Valencia St. Hotel and a huge sinkhole that has opened up in the street

[Ammi]

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People walk up California St amid charred scraps of lumber

[Ammi]

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Cars park in front of the brand new US Courthouse which faired well in the quake

[Ammi]

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People stroll by the original adobe Mission Dolores which survived, while the brick church next door was destroyed

[Ammi]

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Horse carriages and cars park in front of Lafayette Park while a destroyed city looms in the background

[Ammi]

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People walk beneath Old Saint Mary's Cathedral, which survived the quake but was gutted by the fire

[Ammi]

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People mill around Lotta's Fountain, which served as a meeting place after the quake

[Ammi]

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The Conservatory of Flowers stands undamaged as now-homeless citizens camp in a tent shelter

[Z]

That's really, really cool! Must have taken a lot of hard work to create those composite images, very time consuming..

[Jake.]

These pictures are fantastic Ammi

Proves I need to actually read thread titles though, I was wondering why so many of these pictures featured destroyed buildings and roads...

[Ammi]

That's really, really cool! Must have taken a lot of hard work to create those composite images, very time consuming..

These pictures are fantastic Ammi

Proves I need to actually read thread titles though, I was wondering why so many of these pictures featured destroyed buildings and roads...

..yeah, the whole idea is genius and the time that he has spent doing them and getting it all so exact which must have been so difficult because of architectural changes since the earthquake...really stunning, I think that they're some of my favourite ever photos...

[Me. I Am Salman]

San Fransicco :flutter:

[Me. I Am Salman]

francisco*

[Drew.]

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People walk up California St amid charred scraps of lumber

This shows the scale of how bad it was

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

great thread

[Ammi]

..I love these merged photographs...

View of Duncannon Street in the City of London decorated with bunting and banners for the coronation ceremony of Edward VII...


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[Ammi]

People and traffic in Oxford Street around the turn of the 20th century. Christina Broom at this time photographed London street scenes to reproduce as postcards for sale...


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[Ammi]

A night shot outside the Palace Theatre before an evening's performance. The Frankie Vaughan Season ran from 20 January to 16 February 1958 and included Vaughan as the headliner and artists such as Petula Clark, who was to sing her latest hits. Collins created a number of night-time photographs playing with the bright lights of the West End to record people enjoying the buzz of fifties nightlife...


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[Ammi]

This photograph captures the view north up Brick Lane in Spitalfields, close to the markets. Some of the textile businesses can be seen. Bengali migrants began to arrive in the area from the late 1950s onwards

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[Crimson Dynamo]

If you go to Falkirk you can see what it is like to live in the 19th century without photoshop

[Ammi]

This image shows Piccadilly Circus, Coronation day, June 1953. Crowds gather to witness the Coronation procession of Elizabeth II. The coronation went ahead in Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953, and at the Queen's request, the entire ceremony was televised throughout the Commonwealth, and watched by an estimated twenty million people...



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[Ammi]

If you go to Falkirk you can see what it is like to live in the 19th century without photoshop

..is that where you live then LT..?..

[Ammi]

People sunbathing in Hyde Park with Marble Arch and the Odeon cinema in the background. The attendant is selling tickets for the deckchairs which are available for hire in the park. The Odeon which was originally a Regal cinema, opened in 1928. The exterior of the building was made from Portland Stone and featured columns and statues however in 1964 it was thought too small and the building was demolished and a larger cinema complex was built in its place..

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[Crimson Dynamo]

..is that where you live then LT..?..

Heaven forbid:nono:

They get no snow in Falkrik, I could never live in such a mild place.

[Ammi]

A boy is seen shining his shoes outside the Tea Room at Victoria station in 1950. A group of porters can be seen with their trolleys waiting to help travellers with their luggage...

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[Ammi]

Heaven forbid:nono:

They get no snow in Falkrik, I could never live in such a mild place.

..a historic photo of Falkirk...I think that they might have a bit of snow back in the day...


http://www.falkirklocalhistorysociety.co.uk/images/falkirk47.jpg

[Crimson Dynamo]

..a historic photo of Falkirk...I think that they might have a bit of snow back in the day...


http://www.falkirklocalhistorysociety.co.uk/images/falkirk47.jpg

Thats from google street view . :hugesmile:

[arista]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/02/25/article-2567739-1BD349BC00000578-832_964x1173.jpg
[Charing Cross Road is renowned for
its specialist and second-hand bookshops.
Wolfgang Suschitzky was attracted by the
extensive array of second-hand
bookshops and teahouses,
and the crowds that
flocked to them.
The resulting series of
photographs are
amongst Suschitzky's
most acclaimed work]

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2567739/Streetmuseum-app-creates-hybrid-images-London.html#ixzz2uQzoBMP0

[Crimson Dynamo]

Spent many an hour in Foyles, and the odd sex shop

[Ammi]

Thats from google street view . :hugesmile:

..haha, they had a nice bridge as well...I think that you're probably underestimating Falkirk as a bit of a beauty spot...


http://www.falkirklocalhistorysociety.co.uk/graphics/header_publication.gif

[Scarlett.]

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[Ammi]

This photograph shows Byward Street near Tower Hill, looking west with the church of All Hallows by the tower on the left and the former Mark Lane Underground station on the right. Reid photographed the streets and buildings of London and the activity in them in the 1920s and 1930s...


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[Ammi]

From the west side of Tower Bridge, George Davison Reid composed this photo looking out across the Upper Pool...

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[Ammi]

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[Ammi]

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[Ammi]

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[Ammi]

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[Crimson Dynamo]

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Here is one of madonna:joker:

[Ammi]

..harsh..that's probably not the best pic of her I've seen...

[Ammi]

..'Now and Then' famous film locations...


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[Ammi]

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[Ammi]

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[Ammi]

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[Ammi]

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[Ammi]

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[Ammi]

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[Ammi]

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[Ammi]

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[Ammi]

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[Ammi]

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[Ammi]

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[Ammi]

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[Ammi]

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