Re-photography is an approach that involves revisiting particular scenes to document changes over time. Often, the photographer will pick a vantage point that is accessible by either themselves or to other people, to re-visit in the future. The results convey the movement of time, revealing environmental and social change in the process, which in turn becomes sociological evidence. This visual process contributes towards research by creating an archive that progresses and grows over time, recording how places, groups and social phenomenons change.
Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov uses an experimental approach in his work Ghosts of World War II, to allow the viewer to compare two different times within each image. By layering imagery to create a composite, the connection between old and new is immediate and takes on a narrative of its own.
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