Ghosts now officially exist...

saltwn · #1 (**permalink**) 07-31-2010, 10:49 PM

This is neat. This photographer takes old photos and matches them up exactly where they would fit into a picture of the same scene today.

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core77. Photographer Sergey Larenkov uses computational rephotography (as shown above and explained here by Wired) to overlay extant WWII-era photographs on their corresponding modern settings. The results are both spooky and stunning:

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Chloe · #2 (**permalink**) 08-15-2010, 08:51 AM

That's neat

Oftencold · #3 (**permalink**) 08-15-2010, 09:01 AM

Thanks for posting this!

A clever publisher would be paying for this fellow to visit countries around the world, and then producing large-format books of his work!

saltwn · #4 (**permalink**) 08-15-2010, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Oftencold

Thanks for posting this!

A clever publisher would be paying for this fellow to visit countries around the world, and then producing large-format books of his work!

Yes I can see that there would be a market for his photos for sure. History text book writers, photography books, exhibitions at museums to name a few off the top of my head.

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