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TCOM 420 Advanced Web Design - Sun: Model Websites & Projects
Examples of Rephotography Projects
This article provides an excellent overview of the learning opportunities of rephotography and offers links to many other rephotography projects..
Sample Websites
Here are several websites that offer elements that might be incorporated into a rephotography website.
- Tacoma Then and Again Image CollectionThis is the original portal for the first phase of Tacoma Then and Again. It features photographs from Steve Cysewski. who returned in 2008 to reshoot photos taken originally in the 1970s.
- PhotogrammarA website that presents over 175,000 photos taken during the Great Depression by photographers hired by government agencies. It includes an interactive map that allows users to explore photos in novels ways.
- HistorypinA website that allows users to upload images and georeference them to Google Maps. In some collections, there is a slider that allows users to compare historical image with contemporary landscape.
- Project rePhotoA website for an app that allows users to upload repeat photographs of specific locations. The site seems more designed for scientific rather than cultural uses.
- Chicago00A project that uses augmented reality technology to incorporate historical images of historical events into the landscape of Chicago. Users can pull up historical photos on their smartphones/tablets in the location of the events.
Crowd-sourcing Digital Collections
Libraries and cultural institutions are now innovating by crowd-sourcing work on digital collections. Below are a couple of examples of how these institutions have turned to the public to contribute and enhance their online collections.
- What's on the Menu?A project from the New York Public Library Labs that allows users to view and transcribe thousands of historic menus.
- Smithsonian Transcription CenterThe Smithsonian has posted full versions of documents, asking the public to contribute transcriptions.