The historic and emblematic shots from the late 60’s on the left side of the page were very effective at communicating complex, non-verbal information.

When we started to search for their present-day equivalent, we were tireless in securing the right images. Not only did they need to convey the same sentiment as the 1971 photograph, but they also needed to meet some other technical considerations as well.

We wanted to be sure people could look at both images and quickly establish that history was sadly repeating itself. To accomplish this, we looked at everything including field of view, image balance, lensing, focal length and camera to subject distance. Out of respect, retouching was kept to a minimum. T

he only enhancements we made were to shift some of the color historic images to black and white to help quickly link them to the past.