Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov took some old photographs from World War II and combined them with new perspective-matching photos. The result are a series of time portals that help us contextualise the war into our current reality.
The technique is very simple, but clever and effective, giving eerie results like the one above. That’s the legendary Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov. In 1945, he was commander of the Red Army’s 1st Belorussian Front, which took Berlin along with the 1st Ukranian Front (the Soviet equivalents to the Western Army Groups). He is looking at the camera, all serious, standing on the stairs of the Reichstag, surrounded by some of his lieutenants and a bunch of tourists.
For more examples of this photographer’s art, check this out
Filed under: History, photography
These pictures are amazing. I’m awed by the creativity of some people.
So am I. I may try to do something similar – but it will be an imitation, an homage, not truly creative.
That is wild!
Indeed. Sometimes we wake in the mornings and discover something which just HAS to be blogged – NOW!
[...] Computational Rephotography Opens Time Portals Into a World War II Ghost Dimension (via Ærchies Archive – Digital Detritus) Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov took some old photographs from World War II and combined them with new perspective-matching photos. The result are a series of time portals that help us contextualise the war into our current reality. The technique is very simple, but clever and effective, giving eerie results like the one above. That’s the legendary Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov. In 1945, he was commander of the Red Army’s 1st Bel … Read More [...]
Sometimes the digital age can provide something that’s good ….if you wait long enough ……. excellent
It is a wonderful idea. I wonder how long before someone else copies it – - -
I’m not sure I like it … it’s disturbing.
WAR is disturbing. And it happens where people live.
Very interesting and thought provoking. Thank you for sharing.
Oops. It was an accident. I’ll try not to let it happen again
I picked this up on another blog and checked out the gizmodo piece. It’s an interesting idea, although the old photos in and of themselves are quite fascinating.
Have you seen these?
Wahhhh – the link doesn’t work.
magic. everything old is new again. there is comfort in that…
That is one of the Satisfying things about these images – war is an aberration and society soon reverts to its default setting.
I saw this a few days ago on Tumblr, and it IS amazing.
The sincerest form of flattery is imitation. I’m very tempted to try something similar with local buildings.