Rephotography is the act of taking a new version of an existing photograph to create a "then and now" view of a location. The two images can be laid side by side, comparing what has changed/remained the same, or sections of each photograph can be overlaid, manually or digitally in photoshop, to create a new image showing an amalgamation of the past and present. For this technique to work best the photographs should be taken from the same viewpoint so that the features of the landscape allign when the images are overlaid.
For more information on the rephotography movement and tips on how to create your own visit:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/landscapes/what_are_rephotographs.shtml
To see images from Sergey Larenkov, a rephotographer who digitally layers images, visit:
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/the-ghosts-of-world-war-iis
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