Photographer Creates Haunting Window to the Past
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Published
05/30/2013
Kernyi Zoltn's photos are a haunting marriage of past and present. In them, modern-day snapshots serve as the background for vintage photos taken in the exact same location decades earlier. you can see more of his images https:www.facebook.comablakamultra
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A Zeppelin from 1931 floats into a shot taken in Budapest in 2012. -
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In 2012, the statue in Budapest looked the same, but the kids playing there were photographed in 1975. -
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A woman under a car in Budapest in 1971 the scene around her is from 2013. -
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A family, circa 1902, strolls through an area that hasn't changed much by 2013. -
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The men who sat on these steps in 1966 would feel right at home in 2013. -
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Here, soldiers from 1938 march into 2013. -
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This car was on fire in 1956 a Burger King marked the spot in 2011. -
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A soldier peers around a corner, looking from 1945 into 2013. -
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The baby in the inset picture, taken in 1944, may have been a grandparent by the time the other photo was taken in 2013. -
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A couple with an umbrella strolls from 1900 into 2013. -
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Boys play in front of a ruined building in 1939. It still stands in 2013. -
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A self-portrait in a tunnel, taken in 2013, with a ghost from the past, taken in 1963. -
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The little girl on the swing was a child in 1959 the color photograph was taken in 2013. -
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The bikes may have changed since the 1930s, but the buildings look the same 83 years later. -
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1932 meets 2013 in this composite by Zoltan. -
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You can see how technology has advanced from 1955 to 2013, even though the train tracks look the same. -
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A boat from 1926 floats serenely into 2013. -
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The mother and child from 1948 seem to be playing in a street from 2013. -
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Cars from 1969 park near a lake in 2013. -
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An old bus, circa 1927, shares the road with a cyclist from 2013. -
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The woman on the left is from 2013, and the woman on the right sat in that spot back in 1978. -
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Here, a woman reads flyers in 1935 the area around her, photographed in 2013, looks nearly unchanged. -
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Most of the pictures are set in Budapest, Hungary, where Zoltan lives. And some, like this one, from Venice, Italy, in 1935 and in 2011. -
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