# Creative Time-Lapse Photography ‘Looking Into the Past' Combines Now & Then By Ayman | Published 2009-03-26 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/looking-into-the-past-photography References: [flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonepowell/sets/72157613841045343/) We recently featured the creative *[Souvenirs](http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/famous-landmarks-replaced-by-cheap-souvenirs)* photography project of Michael Hughes where he replaced famous landmarks with cheap souvenirs. Here we bring you the similarly creative work of Jason E Powell, who counts Hughes’ *Souvenirs* as an inspiration for his photography project, *“Looking Into the Past.”* According to Jason, the images in *“Looking Into the Past”* are made by “finding [old photographs of places](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/animate-old-photos), printing them out, and then holding the print up in the modern day location that the original photograph was taken.” The historical images are available for free at the [Library of Congress](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-library-at-night), so this idea could be adopted by anyone. I think it would be great to have a special site or flickr group where people all over the world would share such images that showcase how their local neighborhood has changed over time. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.6/10 - Popularity: 57% | Activity: 42% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Modern](https://www.trendhunter.com/modern) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Creative Time-lapse Photography:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing a platform where people can share their own time-lapse photography projects that depict the changes in their local neighborhoods over time. - **Souvenir Photography Projects:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Creating a marketplace for photographers to sell their creative souvenir photography projects that reimagine famous landmarks. - **Using Historical Images in Modern Context:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Building an online database of historical images that can be easily accessed and utilized by artists and photographers for creative projects. ### Who This Affects Most - **Photography:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing new software or apps that enhance the creative possibilities of time-lapse photography. - **Tourism:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Creating interactive experiences that allow tourists to virtually explore historical sites by overlaying historical images onto modern locations. - **Digital Archives:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing more user-friendly platforms for accessing and utilizing digital archives of historical images for artistic and educational purposes. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Time-Altering Digital Portraits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/time-machine-feature.md) - [Interactive Architectural Pavilions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/folding-landscape.md) - [Historical Photographic Maps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/historical-street-view.md) - [Memory Tracking Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/thennow.md) - [Historical Mapping Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pastmaps.md) - [Personal Nostalgic Photo Books](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/holy-ohio.md) - [Rapid Photo Visualizers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/life-minute-photos.md) - [Painting-Immersive Photo Exhibits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/new-ground-exhibition.md) - [Stacked Stone Camera Projectors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-nostalgia-of-now.md)