I..... am a plagiarist!

[480sparky]

I have recently discovered I am a copycat.



And I don't just copy any random persons' work. I copy images that my father and grandfather have taken.


But the odd part is, I never knew their images existed until I started to scan & digitize the old family photos. What a discovery to find out that I have stood in many of the same places they did, and in many cases they took their shot before I was even born!


For instance,......... images that my father took, followed with the one I took:


Clouds, north of Pecos, NM.

Gibbons Falls, Yellowstone:

Tree, Craters of the Moon Nat'l. Monument:

Idaho Falls:

Hoary Marmot, Glacier Nat'l. Park:

Creek, Black Hills:

And the ones my grandfather took, compared to the ones I have taken:


Guernsey State Park, WY.:

Old Faithful

Twin Falls

Chipmunk, Wolf Creek Pass, CO.:

Mt. Rushmore

The Castle, Guernsey State Park, WY.

 

[EOV]

Thanks for sharing. That is pretty neat. To be fair you had slightly different perspectives on a few so it was not complete plagiarism.

 

[Tiller]

This is super cool. That's got to be a neat feeling!

 

[limr]

Cheater! You fail! I'm reporting you to---

Oh wait, you're not one of my students. You're off the hook

That must be a weird but really neat feeling to see the connection between generations through photography. I remember you saying how you were drawn to that tree for some reason. Maybe it's in your blood!

 

[480sparky]

The one of the creek in the Black Hills, I'm positive I've seen one in my grandfathers' negatives, but damned if I can find it.

And that would be übercool... finding three generations of the same scene.

 

[minicoop1985]

The coolest part about this is that you had no idea about this until you scanned it. It's not like you planned it out, intentionally reproduced these things (I've done that with some old family photos)-you just happened to go to the same places and see slightly different photos of the same objects and places completely randomly.

 

[Derrel]

What was old is new again. An excellent post!

 

[mmaria]

enjoyed!

must be a great feeling

 

[weepete]

It's pretty cool to have that connection. It's also a bit of a weird moment when you think you've discovered something new to find the old man was doing a pretty similar thing years ago.

 

[DarkShadow]

Similar but with a different perspective and better technology. Very Cool

 

[Stevepwns]

Thats just awesome. Thanks for sharing them with us.

 

[sm4him]

Neato!
I've had the idea for years now that one day I want to go to some of the places my grandfather took pictures of and "replicate" them--but that would be intentional, not just complete happenstance like these are. It would ALSO require vacations to various parts of South America (mostly Columbia and Panama), and to the Azores, since he lived in both places for much of the 40s and that's where the bulk of his pictures are from.

A couple of these are just creepy cool in their similarity, like Gibbons Falls and that tree.

 

[480sparky]

.........It would ALSO require vacations to various parts of South America (mostly Columbia and Panama), and to the Azores,.........

And what seems to be the problem with that? :raisedbrow:

 

[sm4him]

.........It would ALSO require vacations to various parts of South America (mostly Columbia and Panama), and to the Azores,.........

And what seems to be the problem with that? :raisedbrow:

Finding someone to FUND said vacations… ;-)
You wanna volunteer??

 

[480sparky]

Finding someone to FUND said vacations… ;-)
You wanna volunteer??

Hang on.... lemme go check under the sofa cushions..............