East Germany Then and Now

I do like then and now pictures.

During a trip to East Germany in 1990, photographer Stefan Koppelkamm discovered buildings that had survived both the war and the construction mania of the East German authorities. Ten years later, he returned to photograph the buildings again. The comparison threw up some unexpected contrasts.

A courtyard on Markt Strasse in Erfurt, 1991. 

The same courtyard in Erfurt in May 2003

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The Brown Sisters Project

In 1975 Nicholas Nixon started photographing his wife Bebe and her three sisters every year, once a year. Always in the same order; Heather, Mimi, Bebe, Laurie.

1975

2010

The Brown Sisters Project
Thanks Bruce.

Looking Into the Past

I love then and now photos. There are some great ones at the Flickr pool  Looking Into The Past.

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World War II: Then and Now

I love then and now photographs. Here is a collection of photographs taken in France before and after WW II. I am amazed at how little change there is in these photos. Even without a cataclysmic war our North American landscapes undergo tremendous change over the decades, not always for the better.

Avant-Après

I love then-and-now photos. These avant-après photos from Spacing Montreal show heritage preservation done right but more often gone wrong in my home town, Montreal. Some streetscapes have barely changed while others are unrecognizable. This is in stark contrast to Paris where it often seems that time has stood still. Check out this previous post to see what I mean.