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For some of us, time is ruthless, for others, it’s more merciful. But there is one thing that no one can escape (except Keanu Reeves, perhaps), and it’s aging.

Dutch graphic designer Ard Gelinck makes time travel possible with his next-level photo editing skills - some of our favorite celebrities meet their younger versions in front of our very eyes. And it’s not a glitch in the matrix, Gelinck combines the most recent and throwback pictures of famous people from the entertainment world into a single photomontage. And although seeing these icons side by side hanging out with their younger selves might seem a little odd, we are all here for the nostalgic vibe. Do you feel old yet?

Take this exciting trip down memory lane and if it‘s not enough, stop by our previous post with more popular celebrities here to see how they changed over time.

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Keanu Reeves

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Miklós Nagy
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Gotta grow back my beard after 2000 year, so it seems like I was aged."

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Lily Mae Kitty
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

and he's been super hot the whole time and seems so genuinely cool

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Nea
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Was he told that the newer picture will be posted alongside this old one? The two pictures complement each other.

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Kim Wilson
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Perfect exmple that beauty in you soul comes through. What a beautiful man

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Claire Armstrong
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I loved him way back then and I love him even more now lol! I've told my man, Keanu Reeves is the only man I would leave you for lol! For some strange reason he doesn't seem overly concerned about it 🤔

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yrue that there's glitch in the matrix.. he's 50-ish by now and somehow skipping the aging process 🤩

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Achmad Irzan
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

you mean, shaved and not shaved, right ?? i dont see any different except the hair and beard.

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Debra Robinson
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4 years ago

wish i could meet him and his gf-i hope they last

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Billie Atkins
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does anyone else think younger version looks like Adore Delano out of drag?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, I can't say, "Oh la la." in this case, because everyone I know who is French has used this expression to mean, "Oh sh*t.", and that is Totally Not what I felt upon seeing this photo. So, I will instead say wow, what a nice surprise to seeing this photo!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When it comes to Keanu Reeves, you have to look twice which is the old and the new photo.

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Paizleypie
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish he'd shave & get a haircut. He'd look so much better.

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Sara
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He has suffered so much tragedy yet has always been such an amazing person. I'm super jealous of his new girlfriend!!

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Sardonic Scribe
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't get me wrong - I love Keanu Reeves as a human being, buuuut... he's not really a good actor. Sorry.

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Robin Williams

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This picture makes me feel so sad about his pain, even behind that beautiful smile.

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When we reached out to Ard Gelinck and asked how the idea for this celebrity photo project came about, Ard Gelinck told Bored Panda: “I have been posting photo manipulations online for about 10 years. I often challenge myself to create a certain series of images, including this "then and now" series that you see a lot now.” The 45-year-old artist said he has been creative from childhood on. After doing creative education, he currently works as a graphic designer.

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Anthony Hopkins

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He is still a stud, I don't know if anyone else remembers the one that he and Alec Baldwin are being stalked by a grizzly bear with a taste for human flesh and blood. Anyway the bear is coming after him and he yells" COME ON YA MATHERFUKA!!!"

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Leonardo DiCaprio

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hardly a recent one of older Leo though, that must still be 10 years old

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Ard Gelinck’s masterful use of Photoshop takes the usual before-and-after photo comparisons to another level and, in some cases, makes us look twice. The careful matching of colors, lighting, tones, and scale makes the portraits look seamlessly blended although most of the photos combined are decades apart. The artist puts his subjects in a realistic environment where they interact as if two lookalikes or relatives had just met to catch up, except those two people are the exact same person.

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Aside from his innovative approach and undeniable editing powers, Gelinck’s work covers what the internet loves the most: seeing celebrities age. Whether growing up on screen or stage, it makes your life and appearance, in particular, food for discussion. Being as classy as they are, most celebrities have aged gracefully like a fine wine; others seem immortal to the point that it‘s difficult to tell which one is a younger version.

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Lady Gaga

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Kai
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She is beautiful, dunno why she got bulled cause the apearence...

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Ard Gelinck has found a niche combining famous people with their much younger selves showcasing their transformations over time. This simple yet clever idea and flawless implementation are entertaining hundreds of thousands of people every day. The artist has 184k followers on his Instagram account and still counting. “I was pleasantly surprised when it was picked up by various media worldwide at the start of this year. And indeed, I got a lot of followers. And still counting. Very nice. Nice to see that you can entertain people and show something that makes them laugh and think,” Ard Gelinck shared his success story.

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Reese Witherspoon

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My favorite Reese movie is "The Man in the Moon" !! Oh did I cry at the end, it was a full breakdown.

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Since 2017, he has created hundreds of captivating photo manipulations that take from 1 to 4 hours to complete, but he “still enjoys it”. The artist has photoshopped many celebrities as if they are posing with themselves in their younger years, such as Madonna, Daniel Radcliffe, Dwayne Johnson, Keanu Reeves, Johnny Depp, Jennifer Aniston, Tom Hanks, just to name a few. “The ideas suddenly come up and the celebrities that I choose are often random. Sometimes an extra when I know when it is someone's birthday, for example,” the artist said. Looking at these celebrities when they were young and later the transformations throughout the years doesn’t only allow us to compare how people age, it triggers memories of our favorite film, TV and music personalities that are no longer among us, we can’t help remembering our own past and looking at our changes, too.

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Brigitte Bardot

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Finally, they showed a beautiful woman who actually got older and allowed it. We shouldn't be pressured to get plastic surgery, but we are.

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Dwayne Johnson

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Gelinck’s unique artwork didn’t go unnoticed by the celebrities portrayed in the collages proving it’s the next coolest thing. Impressed by the result, famous people took these edits to their social media, thus attracting even more attention. Among those people were Madonna, Tina Turner, Annie Lennox, Jason Priestley, Ricky Gervais, Robbie Williams, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Douglas, Keshia Knight Puliam, BeeGees, Rob Lowe, Lionel Richie, and many others. Even Gelinck seems humbled about his outstanding achievements, facts speak for themselves – if you are reposted by the biggest names in the industry, you must be doing something right!“I sometimes think what will happen if Jimmy Fallon, Ellen DeGeneres or Kim Kardashian sees and posts my work,” said the artist.

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Winona Ryder

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She got better as she got older. Her face had no personality when she was a kid.

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Will Smith

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John Travolta

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Debbie Harry

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She's 74 years old now - and there hasn't been a single moment when she hasn't looked spectacular.

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Michelle Pfeiffer

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Michael J. Fox

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Hugh Grant

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The pose he's making in the older photograph is pretty much the same as his mug shot, apart from he's smirking now. Silly Hugh :)

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Jodie Foster

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I looked like her when I was a kid, sadly not anymore, she's still gorgeous, I'm a blobfish!

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Jennifer Lopez

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Dolph Lundgren

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Julia Roberts

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Angelina Jolie

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Dolly Parton

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still love that fact that Dolly lost in a Dolly Parton look-a-like contest.

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Bruce Springsteen

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Val
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I realize just now that my climbing trainer looks exactly like the boss when he was younger...

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Rutger Hauer

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Jane Fonda

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Michael J. Fox

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Jim Carrey

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My 2yo nephew couldn't sit still during his haircut, and he ended up having the same look as Dumb (or Dumber, I don't know :D )

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Eminem

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this dude. Despite his (fictional) rap persona, he is a stand-up and own it kind of guy.

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Lisa Kudrow

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Val
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

PICK UP THE SOCK, JUDY ! PICK UP THE SOCK ! PICK UP THE SOOOOCK!!!!

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Whitney Houston

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I could just cry! Such an unique and amazing voice!!!

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Mick Jagger

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Madonna

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why is this photographer so bent on wiping out all the wrinkles and altering the photos. Madonna does NOT look like the "older" picture seen here. Not even close, and not even with buckets of stage makeup.

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Cristiano Ronaldo

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Whoa! He definitely got better with age. Did not look like he would grow up to look like that.

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Elvis Presley

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Michael Jackson

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Miley Cyrus

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Bruce Springsteen

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Boy George

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It might be the angle of the photo but his ear lobes look smaller on the older version - and that doesn't tend to happen. Quite the reverse.

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Katy Perry

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why is it pretended that she was blonde? Puzzles me somewhat as I can't see any benefit to it. EDIT: I worded it VERY badly. I've read articles about how she dyes her hair a dark colour and yet is really a natural blonde. Here is proof that she isn't. Just puzzled by the claims - who makes them and why. That was all. Clearly my ability to write comprehensible English pissed off home without me.

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Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The one on the left has no life in her eyes. A bit more life in the one on the right.

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Tom Cruise

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All I think of when I see Tom Cruise and John Travolta now is their batshit Scientology.

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Sarah Jessica Parker

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Madonna

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Madonna

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Kim Kardashian

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Kim Kardashian

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