Having his grandfather’s travel photographs along with his grandmother’s journals was enough for Christian Carollo to travel around the United States (for the last three years) pursuing the precise location where the photos were taken and the correct place where they both stood, taking unique photos that represent beautiful replicas of “then and now” in a project that is called The Past Present Project.
Enjoy this piece of photographic art fellow lazy penguins and do not forget to let us know what you think”H/T”: Dose
Golden Gate Bridge | April 1979 & May 2015.
Cedar Pass Campground in Badlands National Park | May 1981 & October 2013.
Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans | February 1978 & April 2014.
Yosemite Entrance | April 1979 & May 2015.
Fishermen’s Grotto in San Francisco | April 1979 & May 2015.
His Grandmother’s journal says, Excerpt from my grandmother’s travel journal on April 27, 1979: “The wharf was just getting alive, stores and boutiques opening slowly, like everything else – no hussle. Wax museum, Chinese and other restaurant, seafood in every form, baskets of giant crabs all over.”
Jackson Square in New Orleans | February 1978 & April 2014.
Lucia Lodge in Big Sur | April 1979 & May 2015.
Needles Highway in Custer State Park | 1973 & 2013.
Old Mesilla, New Mexico | April 1979 & October 2014.
Stanton Hall in Natchez, Mississippi | September 1974 & April 2014.
Oak Alley Plantation in Vacherie | February 1978 & April 2014.
The Market Square Tavern in Colonial Williamsburg | February 1978 & December 2014.
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico | April 1979 & October 2014.
Valhalla Pier in South Lake Tahoe | June 1981 & May 2015.
Christian Carollo with his Grandfather | Then & Now.
