LONDON.- Short of inventing yourself a time machine, it’s difficult to picture precisely how England’s cities have changed since Victorian times.
But thanks to the wonder of archive images and roving photographers, NeoMam Studios have created a new set of
animated images that instantly transport you back 125 years to the altogether quieter street life of England at the end of the 19th century.
NeoMam Studios decided to focus on 7 cities and towns across England:
• Bristol (St. Augustine Parade)
• Newcastle (Black Gate and Castle)
• Liverpool (St. George’s Hall)
• Scarborough (the Spa at South Bay)
• London (Victoria Embankment)
• Worthing (Marine Parade)
• Manchester (Victoria Street)
This project is part of a series of creative content campaigns NeoMam Studios have been commissioned to produce for On Stride to inspire people in the UK to see their local towns and cities in a whole new light — and hopefully spark enough curiosity in readers to visit these places in person.
On Stride opened a window to the past, with the goal of showing the evolution of England in the last 125 years. By merging old and new, On Stride created original composite photographs that blend present day with Victorian England.
The colliding architecture, transport, fashion and technology tell a compelling story. They say a picture is worth a thousand words — these past-meets-present images are worth much more than that.
Methodology
To get this project started, NeoMam Studios delved into vintage photographs from the Victorian era that are publicly available as part of the Detroit Publishing Co. collection from the Library of Congress. NeoMam Studios researchers dug deep to unearth photos from different cities and towns across England. Then, with the help of local photographers, NeoMam Studios took a present day shot from the exact same angle to show how the areas have changed over time. As well as static composite images, NeoMam Studios also created animated GIF versions that blend present day with the Victorian era in a never-seen-before way.
