Frightening Proximity of the Past – WWII Photo Collages by Sergey Larenkov

Sergey Larenkov is a talented Russian photographer that took some old WWII pictures and combined them with perspective-matching photos that were taken nowadays. This simple technique brings awesome results by creating original time portals that help us to see the World War II from the different angle. Here you’ll see some absolutely legendary photos that are contextually mixed up with the present days captured in one single composition. At first it looks like WWII ghosts appeared at the streets of St. Petersburg, Vienna, Berlin and other cities. But if we take a closer look we can see that these photos are bringing us to another reality without any time limits and those are not ghosts. Btw, you can visit Sergey Larenkov’s livejournal page.

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14 Comments

  • Don
    April 26, 2011

    Nice pics, those photos are really awesome.

  • Brown
    May 3, 2011

    These collages are really amazing. I have never seen such an art form. Please, continue.

  • Wally
    May 3, 2011

    99% of the time I think an idea is done poorly on film. This is an exception, well done.

  • Thomas
    May 6, 2011

    Fantástico

  • Dylan
    May 6, 2011

    These are Amazing, what was your method for lining up your shots?

  • lbytesxk
    May 7, 2011

    Simply amazing

  • Zack
    May 7, 2011

    Amazing work, keep it up!

  • Penny
    May 8, 2011

    It’s good to be reminded of those in whose footsteps we follow; to be visibly reminded of the ones who fought for our freedoms and worked to build (and rebuild) our world. Beautiful pictures.

  • Julia
    May 8, 2011

    THESE ARE INCREDIBLE!

  • Anames
    May 8, 2011

    Like the idea, but not the execution. It could’ve been composed in more seamless way.

  • Mark
    May 10, 2011

    The reality of the past, and its proximity to the present, is rarely shown so clearly. Thank you.

  • kotonly
    May 19, 2011

    Отличные коллажи! Спасибо, очень здорово вспомнить историю!

  • Andy
    July 23, 2011

    Brilliant

  • Chasqg
    January 9, 2012

    Brilliant work. ‘The presence of the past’.

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