Ghostly photography flashes back to World War-torn Europe

What is and what was come together in the same image.

Rich Fogarty
Published on August 09, 2010

Sergey Larenkov's photography provides a haunting look into our past. Using computational rephotography (never fear, it's explained here by Wired Magazine) he juxtaposes modern European streetscapes with photography of the exact same location, just taken 65 years earlier during World War II.

For more images visit Larenkov's site, and if you'd like to try it yourself check out Historypin.

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Soviet soldiers wander past 2010-plated cars at the Imperial Palace Hoffburg in Vienna.

0005x5cq-660x438Russian Red Army Marshall Georgy Zhukov on the steps of the Reichstag in Berlin.

0005q417Echoes of the blockade in St. Petersburg (then Leningrad).

0005twp2Infantry units march through the centre of Vienna.

0005wc56Soviet soldiers march through Berlin.

[Via Sergey Larenkov and Core 77]

Published on August 09, 2010 by Rich Fogarty
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