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61 Fascinating Then-And-Now Photos That Show How Time Transforms Everything
It's strange how we often don't notice change as it's happening. But one day, we look back and everything is different. People grow up, places evolve, time waits for no one, and things rarely stay the same.
While many of us fear change, it isn't always a bad thing. And people have been proving it by sharing then-and-now photos of how things were vs how they are now. From someone's "before and after testosterone" transition, to a girl and her pup in 2016 and 2025, the pics provide a welcome dose of nostalgia with a side serving of wholesome goodness.
Bored Panda has compiled a list of the most beautiful ones for you to browse through while you reminisce about years gone by and wonder about those yet to come. Sit back, grab your gran's old blanket and keep scrolling. Don't forget to upvote your favorites.
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4 And 27
MalayDragon 1 hour ago
100% her dad looks at these to pictures side by side and will state they're the same picture.
Things are always changing, even when it feels like time is standing still. It's strange to think that the earth looked drastically different a thousand years ago to how it does today. And right now, it's transforming at an alarming rate... thanks to climate change.
According to NASA, temperatures are increasing, ocean levels are rising and ice sheets are melting. Greenland, for example, lost an average of 279 billion tons of ice per year between 1993 and 2019, while Antarctica lost about 148 billion tons of ice per year.
But that's not the only way our planet has evolved. Sprawling cities now stand where we once had forests, highways cut through areas that used to be deserted, and even formerly uninhabited islands have been turned into luxury resorts.
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These Photos Are 10 Years Apart! From When They Were First Found In The Street And How They Are Today
#3
2020 & 2026, 4 Years Before & After Testosterone
I didn’t intend to take the “after” picture as a comparison, but it really reminded me of this selfie I took back in 2020. I barely reckognise myself. it’s almost like looking at a sister… I started my transition in late 2024 (at 29) and I’m a lot happier now.
#4
First And Last Picture I Took Of My Sweet Baby, 2013 And 2026
#5
Then And Now
MalayDragon 1 hour ago
As previously stated: 100% her dad looks at these to pictures side by side and will state they're the same picture.
#6
Elsie Allcock Has Lived In The Same House For 104 Years
Elsie Allcock has lived in the same house for 104 years, born in a 2 bed terraced house in 1918, of which her father had rented since 1902, she then went on to borrow a loan of £250 from the local council in order to buy the property. Elsie was born at the back end of the First World War 28th June.
#8
The Arctic More Than 100 Years Ago Compared To Now
#13
Pics Of My Twin Boys From Newborn To Age 17
I could only get them to cooperate every couple of years.
#15
Grandad, 26 To 96
Royal Canadian Navy. Shortly after this picture, taken in Key West (‘57) he was involved in a helicopter crash that broke his back. No longer able to fly or sail, he then took a contract with the American Navy, monitoring Soviet submarines, using newly acquired SONAR technology brought to North America by Britain. He’s my favourite human.
Forrest Hobbs 1 hour ago
Sound guy, but the sound detection technology in question was given to the US by the Tizard mission in 1940 - so, rather a long time before 1957... Link follows. The British acronym was 'ASDIC' (Wikipedia says that's derived from 'ASD' for Anti-Submarine Division; also that in 1939, in response to a question from the Oxford English Dictionary, the Admiralty made up the story that it stood for "Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee").
#16
3 Decades On
#17
University Of Montana ~150 Years Apart
Forrest Hobbs 1 hour ago
I strongly suspect that the top picture doesn't actually feature the university at all. 🤨 Call me cynical if you like, but it looks like 'land inhabited by indigenous Americans before they were illegally evicted to make way for white folks'.
#19
Mum And Dad Celebrated Their 34th Wedding Anniversary This Weekend
1991-2025 and still very happily married.
#20
The Trenches Of World War I Then And Now
#21
1991, 13yo To 2026, 48yo
#22
2005-2025
19 and 39 year old me with my 2001 Acura TL and yes it's the same shirt.
Beak Hookage 41 minutes ago
Heh, you must be related to my dad. He's still wearing the same shirts 30 years later.
#23
Woodstock Festival Site - 1969 / 2020
Forrest Hobbs 1 hour ago
'I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm I'm going to join in a rock 'n' roll band I'm going to camp out on the land I'm going to try an' get my soul free We are stardust We are golden And we've got to get ourselves Back to the garden' - Joni Mitchell
#26
My Grandmother 1968/2024
Forrest Hobbs 1 hour ago
Good grief. I was alive in 1968 - quite a bit younger than her, as it happens. I wish I'd kept my looks as well as she has. 😉
#27
My Family In 1982 And June 2025
Beak Hookage 40 minutes ago
I used to wear a little sailor suit dress just like that when I was little. I loved it because I could pretend I was Donald Duck. :D
#28
Me And Niece
2008: Me 21 niece 2 months 2025: Me 40 niece just turned 17.
And she likes to be held like this even though she’s too big to keep doing this.
#29
My Grandfather And I In Tokyo, 73 Years Apart
#35
Hong Kong’s Kowloon Peninsula 1964 - 2016
#37
2005 - 2025 . My Mum In The Same Outfit 20 Years Later
#40
Ostend, Belgium, 1899 And Present Day
Forrest Hobbs 1 hour ago
A reminder to all that once upon a time, Belgium had fine architecture. The question I have is: why did you lot get rid of it, eh? Yes, yes, those modern concrete nasties are much more practical and easy to maintain and so on and so forth - but also so *ugly*.
#47
Bike Ride Before And After The Berlin Wall
Forrest Hobbs 1 hour ago
I've read that the Berlin wall was built entirely on the Eastern side. Apparently, they had doors in it here and there. Everyone once in a while - so I've read - they'd nab someone on the West side of the wall if they were irritated enough - see all that graffiti? It's all being done to East German property actually inside the claimed territory of East Berlin... I visited East Germany including East Berlin in the early 1980s. It was very weird, standing on the S-Bahn platform looking out over the wall at the bright lights and suchlike of West Berlin.
#50
50 Year Span
Prom night in high school in 1976. I was 18. Fast forward to 2026. 68 years old.
#55
20-50
#59
Hanging By A Tire, Milton, MA, 1934 vs. 2025
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