Then and Now: 30 Photos That Captured the Passage of Time (31 Photos)

Rephotography is when the same place is photographed after a certain period of time, and a “then and now” style comparison is obtained. While some photographers don’t bother and simply take a photo from the same angle, others approach the task extremely responsibly and try to recreate the atmosphere of the original image. In any case, the best examples of such rephotographs can be found in the Reddit community "Old Photos in Real Life".





1. 1980s and now. This lush forest was planted by Turkish resident Hikmet Kaya



2. Tiergarten, Berlin. 1945 and 2021





3. Haarlemmerdijk street in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1971 and 2020)



4. Boston in the 1990s and 2010s. The overpass was moved underground and replaced with green spaces



5. Flood in Paris 1910



6. "The photo my great-grandfather took in Youngstown in 1951 and the photo I took yesterday."



7. Roman theater of Cartagena (province of Murcia, Spain) in 1991 and 2021



8. "My home in Lillington, North Carolina. In 1914 and last year"



9. Minami-Sanriku, Japan, in 2011 and 2020



10. Poznan Old Square during World War II and in 2021



11. Poznan, Poland, in 1946 and 2021



12. Besikli rock tomb in Hatay, Türkiye



13. German anti-aircraft battery in Aasenfjord, Norway. The photo is placed on a transparent screen so you can see what the place looked like during the war.



14. Positano, Italy, a hundred years apart (1920 and 2022)



15. Battlefield of Verdun, France. 1916 and now



16. Butchery Lane, Canterbury, 1895, 1920, 1992 and 2022



17. 1000-year-old Toghrol Tower in the city of Rey, Iran. The photo on the left was taken in the 1840s



18. 1878 and 2022, Teton Mountains



19. Group photo of the fire department of the Californian city of Redlands, 1958 and 2012



20. Manhattan in 1851 and now



21. Gooderham or Flatiron Building in Toronto, 1895 and now



22. Avril Lavigne on the cover of her first album in 2002 (right) and 20 years later (left)



23. The British Union of Fascists has turned into a pizzeria. Durham, England, 1934 and 2020



24. Baroli Temples in Rajasthan, India. Built in the 10th century AD. Drawing from 1850 and photograph from 2018



25. Torun, Poland



26. “Went to New York and on a free day visited the places where legendary album covers were shot.”



27. Roman Forum before 1864 and now



28. Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal with a difference of 100 years: in 1910 and 2010



29. Roman Theater of Merida (Extremadura, Spain). Around 1912 and in 2018



30. Loket, Czech Republic, 1900 and 2019