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
Robin Williams
This picture makes me feel so sad about his pain, even behind that beautiful smile.
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.
Anthony Hopkins
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!!!"
Leonardo DiCaprio
Tom Hanks
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.
Clint Eastwood
Neil Patrick Harris
Jeff Bridges
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.
Daniel Radcliffe
Meryl Streep
Lady Gaga
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.
Bruce Willis
Reese Witherspoon
Pink
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.
Brigitte Bardot
Haley Joel Osment
Dwayne Johnson
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.
Harrison Ford
Winona Ryder
She got better as she got older. Her face had no personality when she was a kid.
Jimmy Fallon
George Clooney
Brad Pitt
Luke Perry
Jennifer Aniston
Will Smith
Julia Roberts
Johnny Depp
Al Pacino
Ed O'Neill
John Travolta
Debbie Harry
She's 74 years old now - and there hasn't been a single moment when she hasn't looked spectacular.
Michelle Pfeiffer
Drew Barrymore
Michael J. Fox
Hugh Grant
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 :)
Jodie Foster
Jennifer Lopez
George Michael
Dolph Lundgren
Mary-Kate And Ashley Olsen
Julia Roberts
Elton John
Angelina Jolie
Dolly Parton
I still love that fact that Dolly lost in a Dolly Parton look-a-like contest.
Robert Redford
Bruce Springsteen
Ted Danson
Rutger Hauer
One of my favorite actors...I'm gonna watch Ladyhawk this weekend
Prince Harry
Jane Fonda
Sylvester Stallone
Matthew Perry
Ellen DeGeneres
Michael J. Fox
Patrick Dempsey
John Stamos
George Clooney
Rupert Grint
Idris Elba
Jason Priestley
Jim Carrey
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 )
Eminem
I love this dude. Despite his (fictional) rap persona, he is a stand-up and own it kind of guy.
Justin Timberlake
Bruno Mars
Lisa Kudrow
Ralph Macchio
Whitney Houston
Cher
David Schwimmer
Amy Schumer
John Travolta
Daniel Radcliffe
Mick Jagger
Taylor Swift
Bono
Leonardo DiCaprio
Agnetha Fältskog
Madonna
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.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Whoa! He definitely got better with age. Did not look like he would grow up to look like that.
Henry Thomas
Elvis Presley
Anni-Frid Lyngstad
Michael Jackson
Miley Cyrus
Leonardo DiCaprio
Julia Roberts
Ariana Grande
Jennie Garth
Boy George
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.
Katy Perry
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.
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen
The one on the left has no life in her eyes. A bit more life in the one on the right.
Tom Cruise
All I think of when I see Tom Cruise and John Travolta now is their batshit Scientology.
Sarah Jessica Parker
Madonna
Madonna
Johan Cruijff
Shawn Mendes
Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian
I'd really like to know the dates for the pictures - and by the way, such a great comparrison
Good choice of pictures. Juxtaposed to show the contrariety of ages as well as the sameness of the person very well.
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Load More Replies...Too many repeats, like Julia Roberts and George Clooney. The one I really wanted to see is Keith Richards. That dude is immortal.
Yeah it’s a real eye opener for not doing drugs most of your life... LOL
Load More Replies...These were so fun! Thank you! Another couple great pics would've been Arnold Schwarzenegger and Robert Di Nero....
I'd love to see Kevin Costner, Tim Robbins and Robert Duvall!
Load More Replies...I really wish people who post on this website would pay a little more attention to their audience and the tendencies that shows up all over the place. If you've read more than a handful of articles you would see that the read count drops significantly after the first 30-40 pictures. This could easily have been broken up into three parts and posted one a week. People have short attention spans. Even when they enjoy something they get bored after a few minutes and move onto something else. If you use that and people's love for anticipation, a writer can make this whole reading experience so much more pleasant for everyone. Or maybe I'm just missing something?
Funny how any (even slightly and not at all mean) negative comment about the women gets downvoted hard, but the guy jokes (example : about Willis' hair) get lols and upvotes.
Goodness, a lot of these pictures seem like they could almost be father/son, mother/daughter or older/younger sibling pictures. Amazing!!
Excellent work, very entertaining. Just to put a thought in the genius' mind that did this..have you ever considered doing sports legends from the beginning of their careers to their retirement? That would be a hoot.
I'd love to see Sean Connery. Early James Bond versus now-ish? He changes very little over time.
Their Younger Selves look more natural, relaxed. They smile because they really are happy, awkward or hopeful. Life is exciting and anything could happen. It stretches out before them as they allow their inner selves to shine through. Their older selves smile but not from within, the glint of youth replaced with a questioning fear and acknowledgement their journey is almost at an end. Ah dear - Jimmy was such a cutie in his sailor suit. His adult self wasn’t bad on the eye in a sailor suit when performing with school instruments either.
I'd really like to know the dates for the pictures - and by the way, such a great comparrison
Good choice of pictures. Juxtaposed to show the contrariety of ages as well as the sameness of the person very well.
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Load More Replies...Too many repeats, like Julia Roberts and George Clooney. The one I really wanted to see is Keith Richards. That dude is immortal.
Yeah it’s a real eye opener for not doing drugs most of your life... LOL
Load More Replies...These were so fun! Thank you! Another couple great pics would've been Arnold Schwarzenegger and Robert Di Nero....
I'd love to see Kevin Costner, Tim Robbins and Robert Duvall!
Load More Replies...I really wish people who post on this website would pay a little more attention to their audience and the tendencies that shows up all over the place. If you've read more than a handful of articles you would see that the read count drops significantly after the first 30-40 pictures. This could easily have been broken up into three parts and posted one a week. People have short attention spans. Even when they enjoy something they get bored after a few minutes and move onto something else. If you use that and people's love for anticipation, a writer can make this whole reading experience so much more pleasant for everyone. Or maybe I'm just missing something?
Funny how any (even slightly and not at all mean) negative comment about the women gets downvoted hard, but the guy jokes (example : about Willis' hair) get lols and upvotes.
Goodness, a lot of these pictures seem like they could almost be father/son, mother/daughter or older/younger sibling pictures. Amazing!!
Excellent work, very entertaining. Just to put a thought in the genius' mind that did this..have you ever considered doing sports legends from the beginning of their careers to their retirement? That would be a hoot.
I'd love to see Sean Connery. Early James Bond versus now-ish? He changes very little over time.
Their Younger Selves look more natural, relaxed. They smile because they really are happy, awkward or hopeful. Life is exciting and anything could happen. It stretches out before them as they allow their inner selves to shine through. Their older selves smile but not from within, the glint of youth replaced with a questioning fear and acknowledgement their journey is almost at an end. Ah dear - Jimmy was such a cutie in his sailor suit. His adult self wasn’t bad on the eye in a sailor suit when performing with school instruments either.