clipped from: www.brainpickings.org How to tear the space-time continuum with your bare hands and a camera lens.
The transformative power of photography is unquestionable — powerful images can move us emotionally, intellectually and morally. Now, it can also move us across space and time — here are three fascinating photographic projects that do just that.
SIEGE OF LENINGRAD COMPOSITES
The images are a stride-stopping revelation of the scars WWII left, both physical and cultural, reminding us just how much more than architectural restoration it has taken for a healing process to begin.
LOOKING INTO THE PAST
Powell takes historical photographs from The Library of Congress digital archive (another innovative effort we love), prints them out, and holds them up against their respective modern-day location.
NYC GRID 1961 VS. 2009
Explore the full collection over at NYC Grid.