Photographers of 1870s London Documented Their Disappearing City • Hacker News Board

Re: Photographers of 1870s London Documented Their Disappearing City

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Post by wuschel » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 11:53 AM UTC

hellofunk wrote: post #27

rmason wrote: post #25

There's a Detroiter who has contrasted Google and Bing street view photos showing Detroit blocks from 2007-2016. You can't really understand the magnitude of how the 2008 recession hurt Detroit unless you see his photographic documentation of it. http://www.goobingdetroit.com/

Those are really sad photos.

And shocking! I have never been in Detroit before, and followed the crisis through the distorted lens of media. this kind of imagery is a source for visual understanding of the impact of the crisis.

Re: Photographers of 1870s London Documented Their Disappearing City

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Post by contingencies » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 12:54 PM UTC

aptwebapps wrote: post #21

contingencies wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I managed to construct something similar as a Google Map of Haiphong, Vietnam, a few years ago, based on images collected from scanned postcards of the French colonial era. https://www.google.com.hk/maps/@20.8611143,106.6734063,15z/d...

I don't see any images when I click the markers.

Probably bitrot.

Re: Photographers of 1870s London Documented Their Disappearing City

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Post by toomanybeersies » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 12:57 PM UTC

rmason wrote: post #25

There's a Detroiter who has contrasted Google and Bing street view photos showing Detroit blocks from 2007-2016. You can't really understand the magnitude of how the 2008 recession hurt Detroit unless you see his photographic documentation of it. http://www.goobingdetroit.com/

On a similar note, you can do the same with Christchurch, New Zealand. Except that instead of economic downturn, we had several earthquakes instead:

http://www.bradydyer.com/2014/04/pre-post-christchurch-earth...

You don't realise the sheer amount of destruction the earthquakes wrought just from looking at the city in it's current state.

Re: Photographers of 1870s London Documented Their Disappearing City

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Post by gumby » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 6:15 PM UTC

I am struck by how many of these pictures included broken windows. A nice signal of the degree to which the Industrial Revolution really was a revolution in pricing

Re: Photographers of 1870s London Documented Their Disappearing City

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Post by tempodox » Wed, Nov 02, 2016, 4:47 PM UTC

fudged71 wrote: post #18

tempodox wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are even what I would call wide angle shots among them. I find that quite impressive considering medium & technology were relatively new.

Do you think the wide photos might have been taken using a slitscan technique?

I couldn't tell one way or the other.