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I found some rare autochrome photographs of Paris at the turn of the 20th century and thought you might like them. I was curious to compare each photograph with how it looks today so I’ve provided a link to most of them on Google Street view. Although much of Paris is still “old Paris”, not [...]
Before Spanx, there was the girdle (not to be confused with the corset). The buttock, stomach, thigh and torso-slimming garment was worn by just about every woman until the 1960s and was cleverly advertised using all types of tactics including before & afters photographs and peer pressure. The trickeries of the before & after format [...]
For those of you that have ever done any derelict digging of their own on the net, it’s likely you would have come across a photograph of this room with its impressive circular stained glass window and the decaying leather armchair sat facing it. This is the Chateau de Pont Remy Somme, also known as [...]
Chene House, Detroit, 1973-2010 I keep coming back to Detroit. It’s bizarre how photogenic the downfall of America’s industrial powerhouse can be. However there’s an eerie and unwanted sense of responsibility to be felt when looking through these before & after photographs of Detroit taken in 1973 and 2010 by the same photographer, Dave Jordano. I [...]
I love looking at before & after shots so I was quite excited to find these photographs from the Parisian archives of streets as they were in the 19th century and how they are today. It’s comforting to see how little this city has changed over time… (1850 / 2010) – Rue Saint Séverin was [...]
At first, seeing these celebrated paintings which have been photoshopped by Italian artist Anna Utopia Giordano, would probably leave many women feeling a little disheartened. Isn’t there enough worshiping of the skinny female frame today? Must we manipulate the only form of art left in the world that still honours the beauty of a curvaceous [...]
It seems we’re not the only culture obsessed with chasing unattainable ideals of beauty. If you trawl the internet as much as I do, you may have stumbled upon some articles gaining online buzz with titles such as “Asian girls: before & after make-up”. There are now hundreds of these before and after photos online [...]
Catherine Zeta Jones Just a bit of tabloid fodder to numb your brain at the end of the work day! And for the love of God, brush your teeth before you go to bed tonight! Victoria Beckham Tom Cruise Nicholas Cage David Beckham Cheryl Cole [...]
As yet another year comes to a close and we wonder where the time went, I thought this photostory ,”Back to the Future” by Irina Werning couldn’t be more appropriate. It also happens to be that time of year when a lot of us are back home with families, and in the post-Christmas lull we [...]
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