Photographers Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger spend hours recreating famous photos of last two centuries in their studio using paper, cotton balls, plastic and cement. They were inspired by Andreas Gursky’s photograph Rhein II’s selling for a whopping $4.3 million and decided to recreate the photo. The project took off from there and is an ongoing challenge they enjoy. You can see more of their work on their website. |
The Departing Titanic, 1912 |
Mont Blanc, 1860, Louis-Auguste Bisson and The Battle of Broodseinde, 1917, Ernest Brooks |
Rhein II, 1999, by Andreas Gursky |
Nessie, 1934, by Marmaduke Wetherell |
Concorde, 2000, by Toshihiko Sato |
208-N-43888 (Nagasaki), 1945, Charles Levy |
AS11-40-5878 (Apollo 11), 1969, by Edwin Aldrin |
The Hindenburg Disaster, 1937 by Sam Shere |
The Wright Brothers, 1903, by John Thomas Daniels |
Tiananmen, 1989 by Stuart Franklin |
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