Ghosts of History in Pictures

Ghosts of History in Pictures - by Jo Teeuwisse

This is neat. Check these out. Yahoo story with pictures
Longer story here.

Dutch historian Jo Teeuwisse from Amsterdam (hence the reason it's here) discovered 300 negatives in a flea market and began to research the sites of the photos. She overlaid modern pictures of the same sites with the negatives from WWII creating this 'ghost' image. Her Flicker site is here with many more pictures. Her site mentions that originally this began as just a research tool for her job as a historical consultant and grew into her passion/hobby. She believes that linking these pictures to sites we recognize heighten their impact. I agree. Sure we see lots of pictures from WWII all the time but that was then and there is hardly any lasting physical evidence now, but when you see the sites today and they look so peaceful and nothing like they were then; it adds an extra amount of weight to them.

If you have the time check out her site where she has tons more pictures. If you don't check out the daily mail site where a handful are discussed. Really neat stuff.

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