What a fascinating and well-conceived project ‘Friends Then & Now’ is—a study in time and humanity—and the result, both beautiful and haunting, can’t help but remind us how precious a thing a human being is.

Henry Shukman, Novelist, Poet, Memoirist

Note: There are two “galleries” on this page, one with paired images, the other with paired images accompanied by stories about the people portrayed. In the group with stories, scroll down through the images to see them all. 

 

Paired Images

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Pairs w/ Stories

Bob-Rogers-diptychSue-DaleyTom-HollandAndi (1)Wayne-and-KisuRoxanne-SwentzellRyan-and-AdamWayne-and-the-hostessMarcelleJerry-Bill-WIllPaul-Al-DiptychHollandsJohnny-RaimondiiIren-SchioLynnie-lawyerLouLynn-RalphieJoe-GriffenbergLee-Cochran-Diptych-2Elinor-MorlockCathy-dogsChantalCJ-Then-and-Now-ver-2Denise-JohnstonElinor-and-Bill-diptych

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A couple of years ago  I  paired my new passport photo with a self-portrait from 1970. That prompted me to dig into the archives of my portraits to create similar then-and-now pairings. When I did not have either an old or new image, I “borrowed” one from the Internet or was kindly provided with one by my subjects. Both image pairs and pairs with stories are presented here.