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40 Before-And-After Pics That Show How Times Have Changed, As Shared On ‘Old Photos In Real Life’ (New Pics)
It is incredible what story two pictures, put side by side, can tell us. And what a difference decades or hundreds of years can make to our landscapes, architecture, and overall history. Therefore, something like rephotography has gained huge interest from people by showing contrasting images, one from the past and one from the recent times of the same place.
We will never run out of sights to rephotograph, therefore, the subreddit OldPhotosInRealLife will always have something new for us to explore. In this post, we have selected photos that illustrate the most visible changes. A place that was just a plain field has more recently been inhabited by fish. Some places that were full of life are now abandoned and overgrown, or vice versa.
Seeing how much, in the relatively short period of time that cameras have existed, things have changed, we can only imagine what the world was actually like thousands of years ago. Luckily, in the future ahead, our grandchildren will have something to look back at, but for now, we invite you to explore the already existing shift. And if you feel hungry for more, see our previous posts on Bored Panda here and here.
In addition to this post, Bored Panda got in touch with an incredible photographer named Mark Hersch who specializes in rephotography and adds his little twist to it. Instead of putting pictures side by side, he combines the images into a single one, which reveals parts of the old world and the new one. Feel free to visit his website and for the interview, read down below.
More info: markhersch.com
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#1
Elsie Allcock Has Lived In The Same House For 104 Years
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#2
Today I Got To Fly In My Grandfathers Restored WW2 Hurricane!
#3
Düsseldorf , Germany - 1990-2019
#4
Abandoned Mansion In Poland, Left In Ruins. But Now, It Has Been Restored To Its Former Beauty
#5
From Abandoned To This
#6
My Hometown Kharkov In Ukraine 2022-2022
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 years ago
This war is so senseless. Ukraine is Ukraine and Russia is Russia. The borders were fine for decades and then Putin annexed Crimea.
#7
Manufaktura, Łódź, Poland (1994 And 2014)
#8
Before-And-After Renovation
#9
Minami-Sanriku (Japan) 2011 vs. 2020
#10
My Mom And I Sitting On The Stoop Of The Bronx House That's Been In Our Family For 100 Years, Recreating A Photo Of My Great Aunt And Great-Great Grandmother Taken In The '40s
#11
Before-And-After Photo Of Abandoned Building Renovation
#12
Before & After ~ Move It Or Lose It!
#13
Machu Picchu, Peru 1915/2020 One Of The New 7 Wonders Of The World
Bruce Scheiman 3 years ago
Wowsers! That is fascinating, wonderful and one of the coolest before and after, I've ever seen.
#14
Crater Lake In 1982 And 2022
#15
Edinburgh, Scotland
#16
Gaardbrug Utrecht, The Netherlands
#17
Lake Mead 1983 vs. 2021
#18
The Paghman Gardens In Afghanistan 1967 And 2008
#19
View Across Central Park In NYC Towards The Beresford Building – 1932/2022
#20
"Almost Certainly A Canoe Tree Cut By The First People. These Impressive Photos Of A River Red Gum Are 130 Years Apart!
#21
The Pines, Fallsburg, NY. (1950's-Semi Recent)
#22
Tried My Best To Find The Same Location. Satiam Wagon Road, Oregon. 2022 vs. Date Unknown. Road Was Used 1860-1930s
#23
The Oldest Surviving Camera Negative – Lacock Abbey, England, 1835 And 2022
#24
The Glynne Arms, Also Known As The Crooked House
Miss Kat O 3 years ago
Oooo I live about 15 miles from there!!! It's so much fun when you go inside, marbles look like they roll up hill... it's fairly interesting in there when you're drunk
#25
Warsaw City Centre, 1944/2022
#26
Eureka, Colorado 1899/2020
#27
Normanton Church, Rutland, UK. 1970s - Present
Claire Wright 3 years ago
It is a Reservoir, the reservoir was created in the 1970s by flooding the surrounding villages, the church itself was saved after public outcry and raised 60f, to what you see now.. It is now used for church and wedding services. It is a lovely place.
#28
Western Theatre Of Laodicea On The Lycus (Turkey). Before 2003 vs. 2021
#29
Elizabeth Tower From Westminster Bridge. C 1869 & 2022
#30
Waiting Area In Michigan Central Railroad Depot, Detroit (1965 And 2014)
Sue From Michigan 3 years ago
This is being renovated at this moment and looks so much better. It's going to be business offices , restaurants, shopping and I think condos. We just drove by it last week and it's really coming along now.
#31
Swimming Pool Section Of The Grande Hotel Beira, Beira, Mozambique (1958 And 2015)
#32
Chicago 1930s vs. Chicago Today
The Veil of Fire 3 years ago
Love that they kept the old buildings. They are very beautiful. That's were culture nd character comes from for cities.
#33
Old Market Street, Bristol (1895 And 2020)
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 years ago
The trolleys were replaced by busses. Nice clean electricity replaced by dirty fossil fuels.
#34
Crawford Notch In New Hampshire, As Depicted In 1839 vs. 2020
#35
Baghdad 1967 vs. 2017
#36
My Dads Old Ski Cabin Now (50 Years Later) vs. When They Were First Building It
#37
Main & Delaware St, Kansas City, MO (1906 vs. 2015)
#38
St. George’s Hall In Liverpool. 1890s And 2022
#39
WWII Japanese Mini-Submarine Abandoned In Alaska. 1943 And 2022
#40
Aracaju, Brazil
Zia Barrett 3 years ago
This is a restored mangrove. The original mangrove was destroyed to create the city, and they reclaimed and restored part of the mangrove to help the environment and prevent flooding.
#41
Site Of Hagrid's Hut From Harry Potter In Glen Coe, Scotland: 2003 vs. 2022
Donnie Mc00 3 years ago
jeeez it was only a temporary movie prop, dismantled after a few weeks.
#42
Main St Of Mansfield, Ohio
Irish woman abroad 3 years ago
Wow, so many of these are showing the destruction of American city centres.
#43
Lawton, Oklahoma (1916 vs. 2022)
Zia Barrett 3 years ago
The city tore down its downtown area to build a mall - that is the mall in the second photo. Thi was nothing to do with cars, but an idiot local council.
#44
Looking North On Main St From 7th St, Kansas City (1893 vs. 2022)
#45
Avon Gorge Bearing The Famous Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol (1810 And 2021)
Fish Fingers 3 years ago
I used to drive along there all the time! A little bit further along is the facade of the Rocks Railway. Worth Googling as it's much more interesting than the bridge. And look up the hot spring that gave Hotwells it's name while you're at it, also fascinating history.
#46
West 207th Subway Station In The Manhattan Neighboorhood Of Inwood, Served By The 1 Train
#47
View From The Top Of Cave Rock, Lake Tahoe, East Shore, Nevada 1866 And Now
#48
The Billups Neon Crossing Signal, An Experimental Railroad Crossing In Grenada, MS That Utilized Neon Lights And An Air Raid Siren. It Was Never Replicated Anywhere Else Due To High Costs And Technical Problems (1940 vs. 2014)
#49
1939/2021
Mark Wilson 3 years ago
Los Angeles. Rte. 110 Northbound, Pasadena Freeway and Arroyo Seco Parkway approaches at Exit 24
#50
Cancun, Mexico
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VonBlade 3 years ago
If I knew this was in the offing I've got a few cool WW2 vs Today ones. I'll post one here and reply the new one below. Just in case anyone was interested. caen-1944-...b9c6e4.jpg 
OnAFreakingRollercoaster 3 years ago
NGL I loved the glow ups 🤩 but some of the rest were quite depressing 😞
VonBlade 3 years ago
If I knew this was in the offing I've got a few cool WW2 vs Today ones. I'll post one here and reply the new one below. Just in case anyone was interested. caen-1944-...b9c6e4.jpg
OnAFreakingRollercoaster 3 years ago
NGL I loved the glow ups 🤩 but some of the rest were quite depressing 😞
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