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Photographs Literally Overlap Past and Present by Artist Sungseok Ahn

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In “Historic Present,” Korean artist Sungseok Ahn combines past and present by shooting old images of historical locations on screens that line up perfectly with the present-day. Creating such a stark overlap, Ahn’s work explores issues of memory, the rapid passage of time, as well as the way history is treated. More images from his series below.

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Sungseok Ahn’s Website

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