Dear Photograph

I was browsing Tumblr recently when I came across a blog called Dear Photograph. The idea is simply to "take a picture of a picture from the past in the present". Although I have seen various things like this before, such as taking a picture with a Polaroid camera, holding it up in the same location, and taking another picture, I had never thought to use an old photograph in the same way.

  This concept was brought to life by Taylor Jones, a photographer from Ontario who runs the Dear Photograph website. He explained that he came up with the idea in his kitchen, looking through old photographs with his family, when he came across a picture of his brother sitting in the exact same position as in the . He immediately grabbed his camera, held up the photograph, and took a picture.

  I thought this idea was amazing and immediately went through my box of old family photographs to see if I could find some useful material.

These are a couple of my first attempts, taken with a Canon 450D and a Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens. View these on my Flikr photostream

  The Dear Photograph Flikr group is completely inspiring and is a place for people to upload their own images. It is amazing to look through and also a great experience to do yourself, and getting everything lined up right is not as easy as it looks! I will be needing a little practice but it is definitely something I am going to pursue.