[Faline]

Dutch historian Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse has an incredible series of WWII photos blended into images of the same location in the present day. In a collection on Flickr entitled Ghosts of History, Jo takes us on a visual tour of the past. In her own words:

“By combining historical pictures with photos made on the exact same spot today, I try to make people realise that history is all around us. That where you live, work or go to school, once people fought, died or simply experienced a different kind of life. We are history, history is us.

Originally made as part of my research, I now make these combination photos because of my interest for the subject and to try and make people think about the past, remember and respect the sacrifices the generations before us made. I’ve spend countless hours doing research, trying to figure out where old photos were taken, visiting the location, making the ‘today photo’ and then combining them.

My passion for history but also my knowledge of the past and experience as a film maker helps me tell a story by deciding what to remove, what to let seep trough and what to accentuate.”

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hab3045...7629378669812/

[Oswald2001]

Very unique.

[Viking64]

I love this!!!!

[Wolf]

These are great!

[Zambini]

I've been to Gettysburg, you can sense the presence of all those that died, I'm not one of those that walk around seeing auras and shit but it was a palatable feeling of unsettled, incomplete souls all around.

Not exactly creepy, more of awe and sadness and I could feel their confusion and uncertainty, like they weren't sure what was happening either, but we knew each other was there and weren't sure what, if anything, to do about it other than just stand there together.

More interesting than weird, I felt a connection to them, like they wanted us to know what happened, and how sad and wasteful it all was.

I don't think that much energy, like in these pictures, ever goes away

[260RS]

Amazing!

[GlassToTheArson]

Absolutely incredible stuff

[Xfactor]

[luton loyal]

[kellyhound]

awesome, hope he makes more pics like these.