Looking Into the Past
Posted on | July 16, 2010 | 1 Comment
I love the convergence of old and new. There’s something kind of spooky and cool to hold an old record, or coin, and wonder about the people who have held it, enjoyed it, and used it.
When I look at the people in old photographs, I try to get a sense of who they were, and where they were. Sometimes the scenery is too nondescript to tell, but there are plenty of photos floating around that are easy to pin a location on.
Jason E. Powell, a self-described camerist, creates images that capture the balance between old and new, the inevitability of change and the longevity of sound architecture. With his project, Looking Into the Past, Powell finds historical photos, revisits the spots they were taken, and shoots a new photo, capturing the old, new, evolution and humanness of a time and place.
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July 17th, 2010 @ 1:01 PM
time does seem to have such an effect on me as well and these images are mindblowing, just fell in love with it!