In Response to Byron Wolfe and Mark Klett Rephotography

The photographic work of Byron Wolfe and Mark Klett take re photography to a different level in terms of precision and quality. Each of their images are matched together perfectly and one could not tell the difference between the two from first glance. The only thing that gives the older photographs a differentiation between the recent ones is the absence of certain structures or the presence of new ones in the modern frames.  The old, vintage photographs are blended into the recent ones very beautifully and seamlessly. This type of precision makes the photographs meld the settings of the new and the old together, which creates unique images. This type of matching with re photography can be very difficult considering the changes within buildings and settings.

Although the re photography practiced by Byron Wolfe and Mark Klett are natural landscapes, there are elements of old human structures within them, which makes the photos very challenging to match. But the changing, absence or presence of new structures can work effectively together like they do in most of Wolfe's and Klett's work.  Much of their work involving the Grand Canyon and Hopi land work very seamlessly together, while also illustrating to different time periods of each setting. Each of these images pulls the beauty of each time setting out and instills it within the viewer  in a very clean and crisp way. These two artists are redefining the world of re photgraphy and hopefully will continue to do so. Their work has also inspired me to think of our current re photography project in a whole new way. Utilizing two images to make a single image was something that I would never have thought of.