Personal project about my home city - Wroclaw. Wroclaw some 70 years ago was called Breslau and was german. After siege in 1945 city was severely destroyed, many buildings and streets vanished. I wanted to shoot photos in the same places where old photographers took their photos. Then I placed old photo on my version and started to reveal old buildings and people in present day surroundings. Whole project is about 230 places at this moment, with planned circa 400-500 total. All work is published on Facebook page: http://fb.com/wroclawdawniej. It has more than 2400 fans at the moment.
Old photos were taken from http://dolny-slask.org.pl - great collection of old photos and maps of Lower Silesia region in Poland, administered by Wratislaviae Amici association.
Old photos were taken from http://dolny-slask.org.pl - great collection of old photos and maps of Lower Silesia region in Poland, administered by Wratislaviae Amici association.
Project was featured in press: TUWroclaw.com, Gazeta Wrocławska & TVN24.
Grunwaldzki bridge seen from Oder bank near Rakowiec. Comparison of photo from time of bridge construction in 1910 and present day.
North-east corner of main square with view into Kuźnicza street.
Old arsenal with Cieszyńskiego street.
Non-existent buildings near Bohaterów Getta square - now it's main transit road through city center.
Non-existing street on the right - Małe Jatki (Little Slaughterhouse).
Shopping mall in a place of old street.
View over city center from east.
Non-existing restaurant building in Park Południowy (South Park).
Pomorski bridge in the sunset.
Totally destroyed Wielka street.
Totally destroyed Nowy Targ square.
Non-existing little street Złote Koło (Golden Wheel).
Non-existing buildings on Białoskórnicza street.
Non-existing palace on Powstańców Śląskich street.
Old kindergarden building 100 years ago and now.
