Mid-century NYC crime photos + modern locations = Photographic Genius
Roshow | Monday, September 23, 2013 at 12:01PM
Check out these photoshopped combinations of mid-20th century NYC crime scene photographs and present day shots of the same locations. The collection features quite a few shots from Brooklyn including: a woman on a brownstone’s second floor ledge, swinging a frying pan at cops coming out the window; and the tragic 1960 crash that dropped two commercial airplanes on the streets of Park Slope.
Creator March Hermann calls the project “New York City: Then and Now." Hermann, a photographer and historian, made these stunning composites with photos he found digging through the extensive New York Daily New Archive.
"I have always been a fan of the work of our predecessors in the New York City photojournalism community," Hermann told Co.Create*. "And it didn't take long for me to think that something similar could be done with the lesser-known 'war zones' of our streets during the days of Murder, Inc."**
Keep in mind some of these photos are pretty graphic and some are just heartbreaking. But do check them out here.
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