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Imagine if you could go back in time and meet your younger, wilder self? What words of advice would you have? Dutch artist Ard Gelinck hasn't invented the time machine just yet, but his brilliantly photoshopped images of iconic people and their younger versions might just be the next best thing.

The seemingly posed photographs depict celebrities such as Freddy Mercury, Tom Hanks and Madonna side by side in before-and-after versions of themselves, looking for all the world like best buddies hanging out and having a great time together. We here at Bored Panda have selected our favorite of Ard's works, which you can see below. Which are your favorites? Let us know in the comments!

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Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

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Nancy Jeckells
Community Member
7 years ago

I love Tom Hanks, best actor of his generation by far !

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    Matt Leblanc

    Matt Leblanc

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    Jessica Billings
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Aged like fine wine.

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    Harrison Ford

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    Kaisu Rei
    Community Member
    7 years ago (edited)

    He still looks just as charming as he did forty years ago!

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    Richard Gere

    Richard Gere

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    Nancy Jeckells
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    he has aged well.

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    Emma Watson

    Emma Watson

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    TheReader19
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Growing up beautifully

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    Michelle Obama

    Michelle Obama

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    Aria Whitaker
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Ahhhh, a time when we had a first lady who didn't have nude pictures splayed all over the internet for all to behold! What a time to be alive.....God, how I miss them!!

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    Freddie Mercury

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    FortnitePlayerGirl
    Community Member
    7 years ago (edited)

    Awesome. I'm such a big fan of Queen, I have a cat named after Freddie Mercury. Would give infinity upvotes if I could.

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    Barack Obama

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    Nancy Jeckells
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    I love this man!

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    Clint Eastwood

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    Ana Morales
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Just like his son! Scott!

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    David Bowie

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    Kaisu Rei
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    He was such an icon!

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    Tom Selleck

    Tom Selleck

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    Roger Haywood
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Aged well.

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    Will Smith

    Will Smith

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    Loki
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    he..looks..the...same...?????

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    Jennifer Aniston

    Jennifer Aniston

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    Danny Boi
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    LOOK! Twins!!

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    Johnny Depp

    Johnny Depp

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    Luis Milian
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    my favorite actor. he can play anything and be amazing

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    Pink

    Pink

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    Brodie
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Alecia smiles the same❤️🌻

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    Christina Applegate

    Christina Applegate

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    TheReader19
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Looks more beautiful now

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    Jon Bon Jovi

    Jon Bon Jovi

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    Nancy Jeckells
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    gorgeous at any time and with any haircut !

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    Julia Roberts

    Julia Roberts

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    Luis Milian
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    <3 Julia!

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    Rob Lowe

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    TheReader19
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Still sexy as ever

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    Michael Jackson

    Michael Jackson

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    diane a
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Shame what he did to himself - he was beautiful as a young man.

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    Adele

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    Brodie
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Awh my god.

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    Tina Turner

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    TheReader19
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Ageing well, like a fine wine

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    Drew Barrymore

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    TheReader19
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Still sweet faced now

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    Cyndi Lauper

    Cyndi Lauper

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    Kaisu Rei
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    She's still so gorgeous!

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    Madonna

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    Peter Dylan
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    This!!

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    Brad Pitt

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    Nancy Jeckells
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    he just gets better and better with age!

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    Amy Winehouse

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    Carmen Elena
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Love this. Makes me sad at the same time.It feels like she has a second chance in the pic.

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    George Clooney

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    Elizabeth McFarland
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Too bad he’s such an opinionated liberal, elitist jerk!

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    Paul Mccartney

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    Danny Boi
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Love that Paul is STILL making music.

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    George Michael

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    ptm45
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    i miss his music

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    Robert De Niro

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    Agnes Jekyll
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    looks like he's taking his little brother to the movies

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    Courteney Cox

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    Kaisu Rei
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Love her hair in the older picture!

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    Henry Winkler

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    Roger Haywood
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Heeeeeeyy!

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    Lady Gaga

    Lady Gaga

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    Luis Milian
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    I love that she is very expressive. after all she been through, she is very strong!

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    Steven Spielberg

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    TheReader19
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    He actually looks better now

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    Ed Sheeran

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    Nancy Jeckells
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    still a little ginger man! lovely!

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    Sting

    Sting

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    tuzdayschild
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Love me some Sting.

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    Phil Collins

    Phil Collins

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    Agnes Jekyll
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    "I will miss that little peninsula of hair one day"

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    Sylvester Stallone

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    TheReader19
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    To much unnecessary surgery

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    Bruce Springsteen

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    Grumble O'Pug
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    My boy. Listened to his second album like nuns pray yhe rosary.

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    Britney Spears

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    Kimberly Lundy
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Too much plastic surgery

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    Mel Gibson

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    Aria Whitaker
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Brilliant actor, terrible person.

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    Mick Jagger

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    Dorothy Parker
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    He's earned that face. I saw him in a store in NYC in the early 1980s. Before I recognized him, the fact that he was incredibly sexy registered right away. Whew.

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    Beyonce

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    Cthulhoop
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Overrated then and now.

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    Robbie Williams

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    diane a
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    I used to work with his uncle - looked just the same as the older pic.

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    Lionel Richie

    Lionel Richie

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    Roger Haywood
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Hello hello.

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    David Hasselhoff

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    Coreen Kerr
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Most of us go thru stages of life where we are complete buttheads but David came out of it alright. He is a kind man with a great sense of humour. So as they say don't knock it till you've walked a mile in their shoes. Take care Coreen

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    Kate Moss

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    Tankut Dogrul
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    well done puberty!

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    Carice Van Houten

    Carice Van Houten

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    Linda Janssen
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    she plays the Red woman in Game of thrones, the artist of these manipulations is Dutch, so it's not weird that she has done this manipulation for one of the biggest Dutch stars.

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    Madonna

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    Flávia Guimarães
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    I love Madonna but she lost the botox battle. She seems more Donatela Versace then Donatela herself.

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