Image from Shawn Clover’s series ‘1906 + 2010: The Earthquake Blend’  (© Shawn Clover, http://aka.ms/ShawnClover)
Nice parking space for a Mercedes on Sacramento Street. Mind the horses killed by falling rubble in 1906.

Marvel at these before and after San Fran earthquake mash-ups

9/6/2012

Contemplate these 25 now and then 1906 San Francisco earthquake mash-ups in the gallery above. Each pic is painstakingly assembled by artist Shawn Clover. Lucky for Clover, photography was a common pastime in 1906 (despite 46-pound cameras and the lack of Instagram) so masses of devastation photos exist. To get the “Earthquake Blend” photos just right, Clover recreated the old shots taking focal length and light conditions into account and pinpointing the precise spot where the 1906 photographer had stood; “Just moving one foot to the left changes everything,” and many photos had to be ditched because new buildings and trees were in the way. A book of these beauties is due out next year. [Source]

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