The past is never dead. It is not even past.

[jackshoegazer]

I stumbled across this series of photos wherein photos from the Siege of Leningrad are blended with photos taken in modern times.  It is very haunting.



More can be found HERE.

Comments

[balamuthia.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, I saw those in warren_ellis's blog a few days ago- they are stunning!

Some of them were just "Okay" in my opinion, but the one you posted here absolutely gave me chills!

[sujet.livejournal.com]

Uncanny and haunting indeed.

[dakini-grl.livejournal.com]

This may sound a little new-age-woo-woo, but when I walk in cities, and particularly in older cities, I feel like I am walking through scenes like this.

Thanks for the pointer, I plan to cross post.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

I "imagine" this sort of thing all the time :)

[jennasu.livejournal.com]

Wow! Truly impressive... in an odd sort of way.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Wherever I live, I look up old photographs of the city and when I walk around I can see how everything used to look. I do the same thing on the highway in the middle of nowhere - I just mentally erase everything man-made from the landscape and imagine that I am the first human to see a pristine landscape.