Irina Werning: Back to the future - MARITA & COTY IN 1977 & 2010, Bueno

Irina Werning, coming from Buenos Aires, started in 2010 a project that she named “Back to the Future”. After pulling out some old-fashioned photographs from childhood days, which were probably hoped to be better never brought back into the light of the day again, she tried to reenact the exact same setting just now, 30-40 years after the original scene and actor(s) were caught on celluloid. Whilst she is admitting that she might be a bit obsessive in doing so, at least one could say the she succeeded to ultimate perfection. [via de-bug.de]

Irina Werning: Back to the future - CECILE IN 1987 & 2010, France

For those who are more interested in places and eyeing a single photograph, the Flickr photo pool “Looking Into the Past” as also stunning treasures to be revealed. Some brought the actual photograph back to the place where it was originally taken, some other utilized means of digital imaging to match the former with the current scenery. [via spreeblick.com]

Butter better check them out for yourself: “Back to the Future” | “Looking Into the Past”

If you like vintage photos than The Commons could be worth a click.

It is a pilot project of the U.S. Library of Congress. They digitized images from their collections that have no known copyright restrictions and uploaded them to flickr.com.

With the help of the community they hope to increase the value of this collection. By adding tags and comments the users should make it better search- and reusable and add supplementary information.

There are two sets available:

• “News in the 1910s”: black-and-white photos of the Bain News Service.
• “1930s-40s in Color”: color photos taken by the Farm Security Administration and the Office of War Information.

Even though the description may not sound so interesting, the images are really worth taking a look.

for more information:
“Flickr Takes Historical Imagery To The Masses” at TechCrunch.com
“My Friend Flickr: A Match Made in Photo Heaven” at the Library of Congress Blog

There is a similar approach of the National Library of Australia, which is available at Picture Australia.