A wise soapie once stated that, like sands through the hourglass, so too are the days of our lives... Time waits for no one, and change is inevitable. Sometimes, we don't even notice how much a person, place or thing has transformed until we come face-to-face with photographs documenting the then and now.
Someone asked people to share the most interesting "Before and After" photos they seen or taken, and the replies covered everything from fashion and beauty, to history and reconstructive surgery. The thread reads like a fascinating timelapse series... full stories told in split seconds.
Bored Panda has put together the ones we found most incredible as a reminder that nothing stays frozen in time, even if we don't always notice it. We also delve into some of the psychology behind "Before and After" photographs, and explore why people are drawn to them. You'll find that info between the images.
#22 Before And After Of The Buddhas In Afghanistan, Look How Large They Were
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#27 M/28/6' [285 > 180 = 105lbs Lost] (6 Years). Face Progress: I Ran Into An Old College Friend Today Who Literally Refused To Believe It Was Me Because I Am "Unrecognizable"
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#28 This Photo-Project Always Made Me Smile By Irina Werning. Back To The Future
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#29 2005 vs. 2014
There's a park where I walk the dog every single day. We've been going there for over a decade. It used to be a nice quiet park, hardly ever saw anyone else there.
Then they ripped parts of it up, built a little gated community on one side, and built a huge office building right in the #$%^&* park. Now it's insanely crowded and littered, and people get mad at us for having dogs there.
I took some pictures there in 2005 (years before they started all that)
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#38 Both Pictures Taken From My Balcony At 9.30pm. First Picture Taken On June 6th, Second On January 10th
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