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Two photographs of Swansea's Saint Helen's Road; one, a postcard, taken around 1900 and the other by me last week!
I tried to get as close to the original viewpoint as possible, but the road's been widened in the last century, and I'm taller than my Edwardian counterpart.
It's a strange thought, standing where someone stood a hundred years earlier, and doing exactly the same thing. Did he even dream this might happen, or have a presentiment, perhaps a feeling like someone 'walking over his grave'? I'll keep a look out for that feeling myself in future 
| Camera: | Pentax Optio MX |
| Lens: | Pentax-M 50mm f1.4 / Heliopan Red-Orange (22) filter |
| Recording media: | Ilford XP2 |
| Title: | Footsteps |
| Username: | 
c_evans99 |
| Uploaded: | 9 May 2008 - 12:10 AM |
| Tags: | Black & white, Edwardian, Historical, Photo journalism, Saint helens road, Swansea |
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What an interesting comparison, I do love the old lampposts in particular. It does look like that in a hundred years a large hill in the background seems to have grown!
Quote: What an interesting comparison, I do love the old lampposts in particular. It does look like that in a hundred years a large hill in the background seems to have grown!
When I first saw the pic I thought they were lampposts too, but they carried the power cables for Swansea's tram system.
The Edwardian photograph was taken on an orthochromatic plate, which was overly sensitive to UV light so distant objects just don't show up. Mine was taken on panchromatic film with a strong blue absorbing filter which almost entirely blocks UV light and hey presto there's Kilvey Hill
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