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Photographer Blends Modern Day Locations With Major Historical Events

April 8th, 2013 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

If you liked the WWII Photos Superimposed on to Modern Street Scenes, we have some more! As part of the 2004 History Channel ad campaign, titled ‘Know Where You Stand’, photographer Seth Taras blends together past and present into incredible time-travel pictures.

Seth’s pictures give an amazing opportunity to get a better grasp of what life was like at the spot, which is now a famous sightseeing object for tourists or just an every day route to work for locals. Soldiers, rushing at the Normandy beach in 1944 go past colored modern family picking shells, and Hitler poses in front of the Eiffel Tower where two young students lay around reading newspapers – these are the contrasts that those places have seen in time.

A self-taught American photographer Seth is one of Luerzer’s Archives 200 Best Photographers Worldwide. ‘Know Where You Stand‘ campaign won him a Cannes Lion, and was translated into 30 languages and published in 130 countries.

Be sure to visit his website for more!

Website: sethtaras.wordpress.com via: petapixel

Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA 1937/2004

Saint-Laurent-sur-Mec, Normandy, France 1944/2004

The terrace of the Palais de Chaillot, Paris, 1940/2004

On the Strasse des siebzehnten Juni, Berlin 1989/2004

Also, check out the Ghosts of War photo series for more!

Photographer Blends Modern Day Locations With Major Historical Events originally appeared on Bored Panda on April 8, 2013.

Tags: before and after, boredpanda, full-page, History, Know Where You Stand, Latest Posts, old photos, old pictures, photography, Seth Taras, then and now, ww2

Rare Color Photographs of Women at Work During WW2

February 20th, 2013 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

When millions of men joined the armed forces, women had to replace them by taking jobs that previously had been held by men – such as bank teller, shoe salesperson or even aircraft mechanic. Woman started working in factories – this was called the “Rosie the Riveter” phenomenon.

Although we’re blessed of not having to witness the atrocities of World War II, some people take great interest in the history of the period. Dave Hall, fascinated by the authentic photographs from the time, brings them back to life by color correcting, toning, and sharpening to restore the brilliant texture and amazing sharpness found in the original negatives and glass plates^[1]. Most of the pictures come from the Library of Congress, and were originally taken by Alfred T. Palmer who worked for the Office of War Information (responsible for promoting patriotism, war news management and women recruitment). His photos had to lure young women into the factories by showing women workers as glamorous and even fashionable.

Dave is also running a vintage photo blog Shorpy.com, where he publishes his retouched photos. The website is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, who lived over 100 years ago, and today features thousands of high definition images from the 1850s to the 1950s. Some of them could really be confused for contemporary photography!

Website: shorpy.com

Plane Jane: 1942

October 1942. Long Beach, California. “Women are trained to do precise and vital engine installation detail in Douglas Aircraft Co. plants.”

Kodachrome Goes to War: 1942

October 1942. “Women are trained as engine mechanics in thorough Douglas training methods. Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California.”

The Red Socks: 1942

October 1942. Yet another still from the Technicolor pajama party that was the American aircraft industry in World War II: “Women at work on bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California.”

Rosie at Work: 1942

June 1942. Engine inspector for North American Aviation at Long Beach, California.

Doing Her Part: 1942

October 1942. Inglewood, California. “Young woman employee of North American Aviation working over the landing gear mechanism of a P-51 fighter plane.”

Just You Wait, Mr. Hitler: 1942

October 1942. Long Beach, California. “Girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant joins sections of wing ribs to reinforce the inner wing assemblies of B-17F heavy bombers.”

Marcella and Elibia: 1943

Women employed as roundhouse wipers having lunch, Chicago & North Western Railroad, Clinton, Iowa. Marcella Hart is at left, Mrs. Elibia Siematter at right. April 1943

The Avenger: 1943

Working on a “Vengeance” dive-bomber at Vultee-Nashville. February 1943.

Agnes of Milwaukee: 1943

February 1943. Heil & Co., Milwaukee. “Agnes Cliemka, age 23, husband may be going into the service any day. Agnes used to work in a department store. Checking fuel hose on gasoline trailer before it is turned over to the Air Force.”

A Nice Hot Cup of Delicious Air

October 1942. Girl worker at lunch also absorbing California sunshine, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach.

War Machine: 1942

October 1942. Engine installers at Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach, California.

Angel of History: 1942

B-25 bomber cowl assembly, North American Aviation, Kansas City, Kansas. October 1942.

Fort Worth: 1942

October 1942. Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft plant in Fort Worth, Texas.

Paging Rosie: 1942

October 1942. “Douglas Aircraft plant at Long Beach, California. An A-20 bomber being riveted by a woman worker.” (With, yes, a power drill.)

Rare Color Photographs of Women at Work During WW2 originally appeared on Bored Panda on February 20, 2013.

Tags: Alfred T. Palmer, black and white, boredpanda, colorized photos, colorized pictures, Dave Hall, full-page, History, Latest Posts, photo restauration, photography, photoshop, restauration, retouched, Shorpy, world war II, ww2, ww2 photography, ww2 photos, wwII

Then-and-Now Photos of Abandoned Detroit School

December 20th, 2012 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

To “raise awareness of the social and economic challenges the city of Detroit,” the folks at Detroiturbex decided to tell the story about an abandoned Lewis Cass Technical High School with the help of superimposed then-and-now photos. First, they photographed every room the old Detroit school, which was abandoned after a 2007 fire. Then they put the pictures of the buzzing life from the past on top of them.

These sad pictures are a mirror of today’s Detroit. The city has suffered tremendous population increases and then rapid declines. Today, Detroit is designed for 2 million people, however, less than 1/3 or ~ 700 thousands have remained in the city. The infrastructure, built at the time of the population boom, stands abandoned, run down and an easy target for arsonists.

The city is in need of the change, and such projects definitely bring it one step closer.

Website: detroiturbex.com

School dance

A 1988 basketball game

One of several biology labs

Second floor hallway

The library, from a picture in an early 90′s yearbook

The arts mural on floor 3, 1988

See the rest of Then-and-Now Photos of Abandoned Detroit School

Tags: abandoned buildings, abandoned school, before and after, boredpanda, Detroiit, Detroiturbex, full-page, History, Latest Posts, Lewis Cass Technical High School, photography, then and now

Soldier Portraits Before, During and After War

December 4th, 2012 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

Many times pictures speak louder than stories: by creating a time-lapse portrait series of soldiers before, during and after the war, Lalage Snow reveals more about their psychological drama then their own words could. Titled “We are the not dead”, the portraits show an 8 month span in the lives of the British soldiers that were deployed in Afghanistan, and the changes in their eventually weary faces are striking.

The British journalist, photographer and film maker, Currently based in Afghanistan, explains that this project was aimed at drawing the attention away from the politics of war and from the growing body count of British soldiers that were killed or wounded. Besides acknowledging their bravery, Lalage also wanted to give them a chance to make themselves heard: “‘We Are The Not Dead’ is an attempt at giving the brave young men and women the chance to explain how it really is.”

Website: lalagesnow.com

Private Chris MacGregor, 24

Second Lieutenant Adam Petzsch, 25

Private Steven Anderson, 31

Lance Corporal David McLean, 27

Private Fraiser Pairman, 21

Corporal Steven Gibson, 29

Private Matthew Hodgson, 18

Private Jo Yavala, 28

Private Sean Patterson, 19

Lance Corporal Sean Tennant, 29

Sergeant Alexander McBroom, 24

Lance Corporal Martyn Rankin, 23

Second Lieutenant Struan Cunningham, 24

Private Ben Frater, 21

Soldier Portraits Before, During and After War originally appeared on Bored Panda on December 4, 2012.

Tags: Afghanistan war, before and after, boredpanda, History, Lalage Snow, Latest Posts, photography, soldier portraits, time-lapse, war, war portraits, We are the Not Dead

Ghosts of War: WWII Photos Superimposed on to Modern Street Scenes

November 5th, 2012 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

History is often seen as a subject of cramming – what we often don’t appreciate, is how intertwined it is with our present. Dutch historian Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse tries to demonstrate that very literally with her Ghosts of War photo series, where she blends the present day and the original World War II pictures of the same place into one.

Jo spends hours looking for the locations and taking pictures that match the originals, and then photoshops them to combine the war ghosts into the current settings.

“I try to make people realise that history is all around us. That where you live, work or go to school, once people fought, died or simply experienced a different kind of life. We are history, history is us,” – she says.

The project reminds me of Shawn Clover’s Then and Now Blend of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. The latter may be technically better, however Jo chose a more popular theme – WW2. This is probably one of the reasons Jo’s pictures became much more popular than Shawn’s.

Without further ado, here are some of our picks from this wonderful photo series with author’s comments.

Website: flickr

“Cherbourg, avenue de Paris, ancient Poste de Police, jardin Public.”

“Captain WH Hooper, who commands the Company of the 314th IR of the 79th IUS D and some of his men surround a column of German prisoners. Column takes a southerly direction, it will join the POW camps located on the plateau of the Mountain Roule, near the farm of Fieffe.”

“Rue Armand Levéel à Cherbourg.”

“Corner covered, 1943, Acireale, Sicily”

“American troops in the center of Cherbourg pass under a balcony with English, American and French flags.”

“France, 1944. Rue des Fossés Plissons à Domfront (Orne). German soldiers surrendering.”

“At la Madeleine, a hamlet of the town of Sainte Marie du Mont, Utah Beach area. A group of U.S. Fire Engineering leaving the chapel.”

“Allied vehicles drive past Palace Noordeinde, The Hague, (may 1945)”

“German soldiers walking back to Germany after their surrender, walk passed a man with a Dutch flag. The Hague, may 1945.”

“Allied soldiers walking towards center of Eindhoven, September 18th 1944, Frankrijkstraat Eindhoven.”

“On may 7th (2 days after German capitulation) thousands of Dutch people were waiting for the liberators to arrive on the Dam square in Amsterdam…Then for some reason the Germans placed a machinegun on the balcony and started shooting into the crowds… It has always remained uncertain why it happened but the sad result was that at the brink of peace 120 people were badly injured and 22 died.”

“Auschwitz I, January 27th 1945. Russian soldiers with prisoners of Block 19, the quarantine blockhouse in the medical section of the camp.”

“Saint Marcouf (Manche)”

“People are waiting for the liberators. (may 1945)”

“Shopkeeper standing in front of his shop.”

“A group of civilians and GI’s in front of the notary office of Trévières Street Octave Mirbeau. The entrance is decorated with French and allied flags.”

“Rue Dom Pedro, civilians and American soldiers tear down the sign indicating the headquarters of the Todt organization in Cherbourg.”

Ghosts of War: WWII Photos Superimposed on to Modern Street Scenes originally appeared on Bored Panda on November 5, 2012.

Tags: before and after, boredpanda, full-page, Ghosts of War, History, Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse, Latest Posts, photo manipulations, photography, then and now, world war 2, ww2

Then and Now Blend of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

September 5th, 2012 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, San Franciscans woke up to a quick shake. For the next 20-25 seconds, everything was silent. And then the great earthquake broke loose. Buildings fell, the city’s downtown crumbled and broken gas lines burst into flame. The city burned for three days and over 80% of San Francisco was destroyed.

Now, more than 100 years later, photographer Shawn Clover decided to combine the photos taken right after the 1906 earthquake with the modern-day San Fransisco.

He tried to find the exact spot the photographer stood, the equivalent focal length and the same high off the ground where the camera was. Unfortunately, he found that it was impossible to replicate many of the original photos because they were taken in places where new buildings stand today.

Nevertheless, Shawn created a striking series of composite photographs, entitled “1906 + 2010: The Earthquake Blend”. Here are some of our favorite photos.

Website: shawnclover.com | via Laughing Squid

A women opens the door to her Mercedes on Sacramento Street while horses killed by falling rubble lie in the street.

Pedestrians cross Jones St towards a pile of rubble on Market Street. The Hibernia Bank building is burned out, but still standing strong.

Two girls stand before the partially destroyed Sharon Building in Golden Gate Park while students work on their art projects inside.

A cable car heads towards the California St incline while shocked residents walk aimlessly through street amidst the devastation.

Passing cable cars offer a view of the destruction of California Street. Old St. Marys Cathedral has escaped destruction.

Cable car #455 rests halfway in the partially-destroyed cable car barn.

People walk up California St amid charred scraps of lumber.

People stroll by the original adobe Mission Dolores which survived, while the brick church next door was destroyed.

Horse carriages and cars park in front of Lafayette Park while a destroyed city looms in the background.

A bicyclist rides towards the fallen Valencia St. Hotel and a huge sinkhole that has opened up in the street.

A woman walks dangerously close to a pit of rubble on 5th St by the US Mint. The Mint has done a remarkable job surviving the quake.

Cars park in front of the brand new US Courthouse which faired well in the quake.

Then and Now Blend of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake originally appeared on Bored Panda on September 5, 2012.

Tags: 1906, 1906 earthquake, before and after, boredpanda, earthquake, History, Latest Posts, photography, San Francisco, San Francisco earthquake, Shawn Clover, then and now

How Famous Companies Got Their Names?

November 16th, 2011 by Bored Panda | No Comments | Filed in Design

You see these big company names each and every day, but do you know what they actually mean?

In order to help you fill this gap of knowledge, we made a visual list of famous company name etymologies. It is heavily based on this Wikipedia’s list, where you can also find the complete listing of companies and their name origins not mentioned in this post.

So, scroll down the list and then tell us how many did you already know?

Skype

Adidas

source: uttertrivia.com

Adobe

source: adobe.com/…/fastfacts.pdf

3M

7-Eleven

Amazon

source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com

Audi

source: audiworld.com

Intel

Canon

Coca-Cola

Ebay

source: wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay

IBM

Ikea

Lego

Nikon

Nintendo

Nissan

Nokia

Pepsi

Reebok

source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Reebok

Saab

Sega

Sharp

source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Corporation

Sony

Starbucks

Verizon

Virgin

Vodafone

Volkswagen

Walmart

Wendy’s

How Famous Companies Got Their Names? originally appeared on Bored Panda on November 16, 2011.

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How Famous Companies Got Their Names?

November 16th, 2011 by Bored Panda | No Comments | Filed in Design

You see these big company names each and every day, but do you know what they actually mean?

So, scroll down the list and then tell us how many did you already know?

Skype

Adidas

source: uttertrivia.com

Adobe

source: adobe.com/…/fastfacts.pdf

Amazon

source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com

Audi

source: audiworld.com

Canon

Coca-Cola

Ebay

source: wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay

IBM

Ikea

Lego

Nikon

Nintendo

Nissan

Nokia

Pepsi

Reebok

source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Reebok

Saab

Sega

Sharp

source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Corporation

Sony

Starbucks

Verizon

Virgin

Vodafone

Volkswagen

Walmart

Wendy’s

How Famous Companies Got Their Names? originally appeared on Bored Panda on November 16, 2011.

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Tags: adidas, Adobe, Amazon, Audi, boredpanda, brands, canon, coca-cola, famous brands, famous companies, History, Ikea, Latest Posts, lego, logos, meanings, name etymologies, name meanings, name origins, Nike, nikon, nintendo, no-ads, Nokia, pepsi, Saab, sharp, Skype, Starbucks, Virgin, Volkswagen

Pictogram History Posters by H-57

September 21st, 2011 by Bored Panda | No Comments | Filed in Design

If you like history, black humor and minimalism in design, then you must check out these pictogram history posters by H-57.

H-57 works as a advertising agency, design studio and experimental laboratory. “The pictogram history posters were born out of an art-like collaboration with the website First Floor Under, which is a creativity and photography blog, a digital publishing house” says a representative from H-57.

“We had the honor and the luck to be selected for the part concerning design and typography, and that’s how H-57 started its section called Typodesign. The short stories made with pictograms were born from the idea of creating something funny and ironic, linked with the world of infographics.”

Some may be cruel, but it definitely makes history lessons much easier!

Websites: firstfloorunder.com | h-57.com

Pictogram History Posters by H-57 originally appeared on Bored Panda on September 21, 2011.

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Looking Into the Past by Jason Powell

July 13th, 2011 by Bored Panda | No Comments | Filed in Design

If you remember “Pencil versus Camera” project by Ben Heine then this is something really similar, however this time Jason Powell allows us to look into the past.

Images are made by finding old photographs of places, printing them out, and then holding the print up in the modern day location that the original photograph was taken. Jason says that so far, most of the historical images have been available for free at the Library of Congress.

“Looking Into the Past” was inspired both by his love of history and Michael Hughes’ Souvenirs, and has already been featured on Wired, blog.flickr.net, NPR, DCist, Digg, Reddit and numerous other places of good repute.

The artist still continues to add new photos to his series, and even created a flickr group for people who want to do similar pictures.

Website: jasonepowell.com