Historic 20th Century Photos, Recreated With Senior Citizens

posted by Scott Beale on Sunday, November 4th, 2007

Iconic Moments of the Twentieth Century

Iconic Moments of the Twentieth Century

Henry VIII’s Wives features a fantastic photo gallery “Iconic Moments of the Twentieth Century”, where historic news photos were recreated with senior citizens from a home for the elderly in Glasgow.

The series of photographs entitled The Iconic Moments of the 20th Century emerged in the processual work with the pensioners in a home for the elderly in Glasgow emanates the same impression. A group of aged volunteers pose in their everyday outfits and in their daily environment (the vicinity of the Home) to re-enact the scenes from well-known newspaper photographs taken from history books and encyclopaedias. The images in question depict ‘historical moments’ that took place in their lifetime.

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this blog post was written by Scott Beale on Sunday, November 4th, 2007


 
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