30 Celebrities Photoshopped Side-By-Side With Their Younger Selves Show How Aging Has Changed Them (New Pics)
Dutch graphic designer Ard Gelinck makes time travel possible. At least, for popular celebrities. Gelinck has been photoshopping famous people as if they're hanging out with their younger selves, and the side-by-side comparisons come out so cool, you can't help but wonder if some of his subjects have them framed.
Gelinck has worked on these photomontages for about 10 years now, but it doesn't look like he's running out of ideas. On the contrary. The graphic designer continues to delight his 258K Instagram followers with regular photo comparisons. Continue scrolling to check out the latest ones, and for his earlier works, fire up Bored Panda's older articles here and here.
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Matt Leblanc
The graphic designer said he's always trying to challenge himself when it comes to Photoshop. "The 'Then and Now' series is quite old when you consider that me and my brother made the first image for it about 10 years ago," Gelinck told Bored Panda. "About 5 years ago, I edited pictures for a lot of Dutch celebrities and it was a success, so I then started working with foreign celebrity photos. The first one was Madonna, and she even posted my image on her own Instagram."
The Queen of Pop, however, isn't the only Gelinck subject who has publicly admired his work. Rob Lowe, Tina Turner, Lionel Richie, Annie Lennox, BeeGees, Jason Priestly, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Carice van Houten, Sylvester Stallone, Robbie Williams, Michael Douglas, Ricky Gervais, and many more have also given him a shoutout. "When I think about it, the list is quite impressive," Gelinck said.
Carrie Fisher
When the Photoshop wizard is composing the pictures, he's often trying to make the subject and their former self embrace one another, be it an arm on the shoulder on a hug. "[The actual pose] depends on a lot of things. I'm trying to find one where they're standing next to each other."
The graphic designer thinks that his project has become so popular because people enjoy taking a trip down memory lane and remember the celebrities when they were young. Each of Gelinck's images is like a shot of nostalgia that brings back past moments of enjoying music chart hits, TV shows, and movies.
Daniel Radcliffe
Queen Elizabeth
Pierce Brosnan
Robert De Niro
Ryan Reynolds
David Bowie
Jennifer Aniston
Will Smith
Jamie Lee Curtis
I admire her immensely. Also, she’s a wonderful actress, and beautiful.
Julia Roberts
she is my favorite actress, she is beautiful and she has never made a bad movie.
Brad Pitt
Matthew Perry
Peter Venkman (Bill Murray)
Tom Hanks
Okay, but this is two of his characters, not how he actually looks. I'd like to see a side by side without costuming.
George Clooney
Wished they used his pic from his time on Rosanne! lol With his curly hair! :)
Harrison Ford
Ricky Gervais
Mark Hamill
Ah, the good old days when Luke preferred a blaster over a lightsaber, wanted to go to Tosche Station for power converters, and had two biological hands
Dolly Parton
I. LOVE. DOLLY. My daughter subscribes to her "Imagination Library" and has gotten a free book, every month since she was born! She has a heart of gold and is a true role model.
Same! I.LOVE.DOLLY. Everyone should. She's amazing! People overlook how ridiculously talented she is. She's such a wonderful songwriter xxx
Load More Replies...The undisputed queen of Country, in my eyes... I love her music! Unique talent.
Dolly Parton is such an amazing lady. She loves children and has dedicated so much time and energy to charity. Plus, her amusement park Dollywood is the best! It's in Tennessee, you must go there before you die. Oh, and on a side note, Dolly Parton's family used to be really poor when she was little.
Hard to tell much difference! Seriously hard to believe she is 74 yrs old. That heart of gold and sweet sassy attitude has done her well.
Lol. It's easy to tell the difference, one is a natural face, the other has stretched out surgically (that's the one on the right, btw). If anything has 'done her well', it's her ability to afford a lot of plastic surgery. It hasn't done her well at all though imo, her face looks bizarrely mask-like on the right.
Load More Replies...She openly said she's had several plastic surgeries.
Load More Replies...Not so keen on her music, but she's cheeky wee imp of a woman. That's hard to resist. She also remembers where she came from, but doesn't bang on about it all the time. I don't think I've ever heard anyone doing an "Ellen" style reveal of her personality. She's comes across as a very complete person, authentic to herself without apology. For all of that, I like the woman immensely. As for her heart, it's definitely in the right place, her Imagination Library charity is such a fantastic thing. Reading is so important in many way, but fictional books (thrills, adventures, investigations ...) often aren't even on the list when it comes to the budgeting when you're poor. Getting a free book every month itself is great but, for kids especially, getting a package in the post - just for them - is exciting. Such a lovely gift.
God Bless Her for ALL She has done for others, a wonderful blessing She is for us all!
Wow, i don't EVER remember seeing her look how she does on the left. She's looked like the image on the right for as long as i can remember. We're quickly losing a lot of good famous people; I hope she doesn't leave us any time soon.
As waterlily replied to JessG, Dolly openly admits to plastic surgery, and I believe botox and fillers and all that mess. As long as it doesn’t affect her voice, I don’t think anyone will mind. But she’s a total comedian at times, and I think she’s said all the work should keep her going for years more!! But I agree, we want her around forever!!
Load More Replies...I'm so glad the hair got smaller. And the makeup way better!
Back in those days the big--haired stars often wore wigs. Raquel's was a wig also. Look close at the hairline.
Load More Replies...Hardly any change here...although she does admit looking this good is expensive.
Awful! Too much plastic surgery & not a talented practitioner. But looks aren’t everything.
I used to like her until she bragged about wanting to look like a hooker and having an open marriage. Please.
She doesn't look like that in real life. The plastic surgery really shows. But, as a person, she is a beautiful person.
I like her hair better now but (aside from the blue) the softer makeup when she was younger. SO talented!
Wow! It's actually a bit tricky determining which is the younger one and which is the older one!
Beautiful at any age. Dolly is timeless as her inner light always shines through.
Wigs. We may never know what her real hair looks like; she's almost always had one on in public.
Load More Replies...She so pretty and talented, I wish she would have opted out of the plastic surgery though and aged gracefully.
There is an amazing 9 episode podcast by WNYC Studios that I highly recommend! You'll love her even more. Dolly Parton's America https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america
recently i read that she produced Buffy the Vampire Slayer(tv) with Sand Dollar Entertainment
She had some plastic surgery that messed up her beautiful smile. She's still stunning.
F**k, she looks like a monster as the older self. Thats what too many plastic surgeries does to a person. Just age naturally.
Not really. It's the exact look she's going for. She's always been open about that.
Load More Replies...The Rock
Hugh Grant
Dave Grohl
Kevin McCallister & Macaulay Culkin
Whoopi Goldberg
George Michael
Sean Astin
Conan O’brien
Tom Felton & Draco Malfoy
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I know! I literally didn’t recognize him when I watched “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” ! He looks so different!
Load More Replies...It would be nice if the titles were consistent, perhaps with actor name and then roles depicted.
Not every one of them is an actor. And not all actor pictures are role-related.
Load More Replies...That was kinda in the name of the post. Kinda hard to have a 10 year old Conan standing next to his 55 year old self without a little photoshop or some other manipulation.
Load More Replies...What was funny to me was that you could which stars got plastics done and which were done REALLY well! Haha
Should have done arnold swarchenegger.. dont scold me on my spelling of his name.
No woody harrilson? From cheers to now? I would have loved to see that.
Jodi Foster? Miley Cyrus? Tom Cruise... Risky Business to Mission Impossible? C'mon, we want more!
I think most of them looked like they were posing with their children. Excellent pics - and for some reason made me feel a little choked up.
For the most, I really enjoyed them and the photo-shopping is very well done!
These are so well done. A lot of the time, it looks like a parent and their child.
I know! I literally didn’t recognize him when I watched “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” ! He looks so different!
Load More Replies...It would be nice if the titles were consistent, perhaps with actor name and then roles depicted.
Not every one of them is an actor. And not all actor pictures are role-related.
Load More Replies...That was kinda in the name of the post. Kinda hard to have a 10 year old Conan standing next to his 55 year old self without a little photoshop or some other manipulation.
Load More Replies...What was funny to me was that you could which stars got plastics done and which were done REALLY well! Haha
Should have done arnold swarchenegger.. dont scold me on my spelling of his name.
No woody harrilson? From cheers to now? I would have loved to see that.
Jodi Foster? Miley Cyrus? Tom Cruise... Risky Business to Mission Impossible? C'mon, we want more!
I think most of them looked like they were posing with their children. Excellent pics - and for some reason made me feel a little choked up.
For the most, I really enjoyed them and the photo-shopping is very well done!
These are so well done. A lot of the time, it looks like a parent and their child.