Over at another forum, sport-touring.net, is a thread with some wonderful Then & Now photos of Colorado.
Enjoy...
http://www.sport-touring.net/forums/...c,69665.0.html
Colorado - Then & Now
Over at another forum, sport-touring.net, is a thread with some wonderful Then & Now photos of Colorado.
Enjoy...
http://www.sport-touring.net/forums/...c,69665.0.html
That is pretty cool, Jim!!!
Thant really is cool!
Thanks Jim!
John Fielder has a huge coffee table book with 'then and now' photographs from all over Colorado. I ran into him about 6 different times in different parts of the state when he was working on this. There are actually a lot of different books on this, but the two most popular are:
Colorado 1870-2000 by John Fielder:
Publication Date: August 1999
The images of early west photographer William Henry Jackson capture a Colorado landscape both pristine and already dramatically affected by the onslaught on western civilization. Standing exactly where Jackson stood, and pointing his own camera in precisely the same direction, John Fielder has rephotographed Jackson's Colorado images to capture the often startling change that has occurred over the last century. The result is both breathtaking and stark, hopeful and disquieting. Jackson's and Fielder's photography is accompanied by thoughtful and provocative essays by respected experts in the environmental field: Roderick Nash, America's foremost wilderness historian and author of Wilderness and the American Mind; Ed Marston, journalist and publisher of High Country News; and Eric Paddock, Curator of Photography at the Colorado Historical Society. John Fielder describes the profound experience of traveling the state and seeing the landscape from Jackson's perspective, and reflects upon changes of the last 130 years.
The contrast between Jackson's and Fielder's photographs not only illuminates Colorado's past but will help us determine the course of land management as we move into the next century. Accompanied by an educational program that includes lectures, a traveling exhibit, newspaper serialization, and television series, this book is aimed at encouraging people to appreciate and reflect on nature, history, and photography as we move into the next century. Colorado: 1870-2000 stands not only as an important document of westward exploration, expansion, and urbanization, but helps define our past and future environmental values.
Colorado Yesterday and Today by Collier:
A book that has been 130 years in the making, "Colorado: Yesterday & Today" brings together the photos of the great 19th century photographer Joseph Collier with retakes by his great-great-grandson, Grant Collier. Grant follows in the footsteps of his ancestor, photographing the mountain vistas and mining towns, chronicling the growth of the state. Includes historical text on five regions of the state.
I haven't seen the second one, but Fielder's is pretty nice. Both are available through Amazon and probably any other bookseller.
Pretty cool
Thanks!
so cool, thanks for that!
Thanks Jim for posting that up. I always love to look at the old photos compared to the now shots of our state. Colorado Historical museum has some great ones also, I 'll have to find all the links to the sites I have for these also when I get time.
Awesome pics!
The pics are sweet and that John Fielder book is totally awesome!!! I pick it up every time I see one.
great link, amazing to see how the landscape has changed
LOVE those "then" and "now" shots.
Here is another link with great pics, also look thru the site they have tons of photos from old mines to the many passes we have.
http://www.rockymountainprofiles.com...st%20towns.htm
Those are amazing pictures.
That's awesome! thanks for sharing!
Very Nice Jim!! Being a native of this fine state, I appreciate these kinds of things!!
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