The Reenactor Post stumbled across some amazing images via Warren Ellis’ blog awhile back, and I’ve been meaning to post about it ever since. A Russian named Sergei Larenkov took old WWII era photographs, went back to the precise location at which they were shot, took a new photograph, and then blended the old photo into the new. The results are haunting:
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Wow those photos are amazing. Haunting in their reality, yet horribly normal too. Thanks for the link.
Yeah, I found them such. My grandfather was a combat photographer during WWII and I have sometimes considered going back to photograph the same locations, and then create a side-by-side book with the results. But, this is much cooler.
And you’re welcome! I think the expat community benefits from cross-linking, so I try to link to blogs I find interesting and well-written. And even though I’m not in France, I visit there sometimes, and my boyfriend is French, so…