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Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« on: February 14, 2011, 11:34:37 AM »
Oh my gosh... this is so inspiring and hilarious!!!
http://irinawerning.com/back-to-the-fut/back-to-the-future/

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Re: Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2011, 02:01:27 PM »
I found it very touching.  Puts me in touch with my own mortalilty.  None of us is getting any younger.

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Re: Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2011, 08:11:25 PM »
None of us is getting any younger.

For that I am glad. Can you imagine how much that would suck?

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Re: Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2011, 08:42:15 PM »
Great find Ann!   ;D

The Mechi one is great - how did she manage to get the same specs?
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Re: Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2011, 09:39:01 PM »
I've got to look through some old albums... this is so wonderful!

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Re: Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2011, 09:43:35 PM »
Wonderful find, Ann!

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Re: Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2011, 10:37:52 PM »
hehehe this put a big grin on my face

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Re: Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2011, 09:16:11 AM »
hahaha~ thanks! I'll add that to my "freaky but cool" bookmarks folder ;D
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Re: Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2011, 09:23:54 AM »
these are amazing! - and a great testament to Irina Werning's talent and creativity.  I found some of the quite moving, and others really funny.

this one is hillarious:



And I find this one quite sad - something to do with the mother in the '77 shot looking a similar age to the daughter in the '10 shot. Getting old sucks.



I expect the 2010 shots are all digi with some photoshop to match colour shifts etc - although it would be cool if Irina is using expired films etc to match the old look ... I expect the ageing of the old prints etc would make it too unpredictable though.

L.

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Re: Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2011, 03:41:51 PM »
Getting old sucks.
Talk about it... but there isn't much we can do about it without looking completely silly...
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Re: Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2011, 05:01:36 PM »
somehow the page was unavailable until now (at for me)...
I just had a look and... WOW, what a project !
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Re: Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2011, 06:53:08 PM »
I like the idea of looking old and silly!

Wonderful series. So much fun to see the changes in these people, or sometimes, the lack there of.
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Re: Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2011, 07:14:38 PM »
I like the idea of looking old and silly!

It's not the looks I'm bothered about - it's how quickly it all goes and what it is we are all rushing towards.

This is getting quite depressing  ;)
L.

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Re: Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« Reply #13 on: February 15, 2011, 09:44:33 PM »
I know of only one solution to that: rent a bucket loader or a JCB and tear up the yard like if you were Joe with a Tonka truck :)

This is bound to make you feel young at heart for at least an afternoon  ;D
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Re: Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« Reply #14 on: February 15, 2011, 10:10:20 PM »
I like the idea of looking old and silly!

It's not the looks I'm bothered about - it's how quickly it all goes and what it is we are all rushing towards.

This is getting quite depressing  ;)

Tell me about it Leon !!

This it's been the subject for months around here...
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Re: Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« Reply #15 on: February 16, 2011, 12:05:08 AM »
One of my favorites is this image with the grown women in ridiculously hilarious 'baby' clothes.  And then I also love the ones where adults try to imitate their baby expressions - Hahaa!

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Re: Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« Reply #16 on: February 16, 2011, 12:08:05 AM »
Whoops - I didn't see that you'd posted the same hilarious one Leon!  Also these imitated expressions:

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Re: Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« Reply #17 on: February 19, 2011, 12:06:34 PM »
the photographer did a great job in getting the two photographs to look the same.

must have taken ages/trials & errors to find the right location, clothing, lighting, etc.

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Re: Back to the Future - Perhaps we Should
« Reply #18 on: March 05, 2011, 06:35:01 PM »
Has anyone seen this weekend Guardian magazine ?

The photographer Katherine Rose did exactly the same thing ! She asked famous people to be the models though :o
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