Thursday, February 10, 2011

Back to the Future

Sorry, this has nothing to do with Michael J. Fox. Rather, Back to the Future is an art project taken to an OCD extreme. Argentine photographer Irina Werning created the series modeling her friends and family members exactly as they were as a child; she brings the same exact style, clothes, situations and feelings from the "then" photos and replicates them in the “now.” The results are pretty amazing.




What I love is that the "then" picture is usually pretty cute and certainly stands as a portrait of time, but the "now" picture feels so rich and compels you to think: what's happened in this person’s life between photos? What's happened to the place?

The project is ongoing, so be sure to check back! I really hope she does a cat. Or a goldfish.

Caroline

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