Many of his pictures are very evocative and thought provoking. Some of his most powerful composite images juxtapose modern shoppers in streets that were once filled with rubble or past the bodies of fallen soldiers. Others show tanks standing in silent streets where modern cars now speed by. When you look through his pictures it really does feel like the ghosts of the past are closer than we realise. If you are interesting in WWII - or even if you're not - I think you'll find his work facinating to look at.
It really is fascinating. This kind of thing is valuable too. Our lives are short and our perception of time is pretty poor anyway. Colour in the older images would reduce the distance even more, although the contrast would then be less of course.
ReplyDeleteI've seen his stuff before & agree: very powerful & interesting. I always wished we'd be able to have 'time windows' where they could set up a device and be able to look through see the past at a given moment and that's the first thing I thought of when I saw his work.
ReplyDeleteGreat link Lee, I've not seen any of his work before, they're very thought provoking pictures.
ReplyDeleteThat is quite amazing work.
ReplyDeleteThat's a tremendous find. Incredible pictures.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteJust surfed the link you've provided, amazing indeed
ReplyDeleteThat is very original and utterly amazing!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
The Leningrad stuff is very good
ReplyDeleteThat's a very interesting picture
ReplyDeleteHis images are excellent and they really do give a sense of making the past more relavant to the present.
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