Here are the 20 amazing “Then And Now” photos that show how time changes things. If you’re not familiar with what rephotography is, it’s the art of reshooting old photos of places in the modern-day as accurately as possible. There is a online Reddit group call r/OldPhotosInRealLife, people post great photos constantly recreations of old photos in modern times, proving how time changes things.

Scroll below and enjoy yourself. All photos are linked and lead to the sources from which they were taken. Please feel free to explore further works of these photographers on their collections or their personal sites.

#1 The Arctic 103 Years Ago Compared To Today

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#2 My Grandfather And I In Tokyo, 73 Years Apart

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#3 The Shambles In York (UK) Inspiration For Diagon Alley From Harry Potter. Late 1800s And Today

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#4 Bike Ride In Berlin Kreuzberg ( ~1985 / 2018 )

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#5 Chichen Itza 1892 And Now

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#6 World War I Trenches

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#7 Bishan Park, 30 Years Apart. Top Pic, 1988. Bottom Pic, 2020

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#8 Utrecht, Netherlands 1982 vs. 2020. They Converted The Highway To A Canal

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#9 Moscow Pictures 20 Years Apart

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#10 My Hometown, Approx 100 Years Ago vs. My Pic From Last Week…. Not So Much Has Changed…

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#11 The Banyan Tree In Maui. Top Photo Taken By My Grandfather While He Was Stationed There During Wwii. Bottom I Took Without Knowing His Photo Existed

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#12 The Flatiron Building, New York (1917 And 2012)

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#13 The Changing Face Of St Bartholomew-The-Great’s Gatehouse In Smithfield, Which Was Built In 1595 And Some Point Bricked Over. It Was Bombed During A Ww1 Zeppelin Raid Knocking Off Some Bricks Revealing Its Tudor Half-Timbered Facade. It Was Restored To How It Looks Today. 1916 vs. Now

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#14 Atomic Bomb Dome – 75 Years Later

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#15 Singapore 2000 vs. Now

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#16 From Fascism To Kebabs, Durham 1934 vs. 2020

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#17 The Development Of This City In Georgia

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#18 1920 / 2020 . San Francisco, Ca

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#19 My Great Grandfather And I Trained At The Same Location, Exactly 100 Years Apart. He Left For France Shortly After This Was Taken In 1917

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#20 Early Los Angeles Compared To 2001

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