Research

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2611205/Google-TIME-MACHINE-Street-View-lets-travel-world-changed-2007.html

"It's been seven years since Google launched its Street View service and during that time the world has changed significantly.

Parts of New Zealand were devastated by earthquakes in 2011, the east coast of America was ravaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and New York's Freedom Tower was completed last year.

Google Street View has now added a new feature that lets you travel back in time to plot these changes using historical images, and see them develop in front of your eyes.

Clicking the new clock icon in the corner of the Street View screen reveals a scrollbar in the top left-hand corner, pictured. Images date back to 2007, when the service launched. The dates of the most recent images vary, but the majority include up to at least 2013"

This article is quite a different take on rephotography. Google are pioneers of maps/all things internet and they have now enabled a feature where you can view landmarks from different times. For example you can view the eiffel tower as it stands now next to how it stood in 2007 and compare the differences (or lack of).

It seems like a very unique feature and certainly a first I've seen. It's a nice way to travel back in time and see the changes in famous places!

They are basically doing the same thing I am trying to achieve in my project - Showing the passage of time in a single image. Although they are clearly demonstrating the changes architectural where as I want to display the lack of architectural change in my area of Salford in 40 years.

In my area the buildings exterior have remained pretty much the same however most have been re purposed and changed to suit a new business/purpose.

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Nicky Bird - http://nickybird.com/

"Beneath the Surface / Hidden Place (2007-2010)
Nicky Bird is an artist whose work investigates the contemporary relevance of found photographs, and hidden histories of specific sites, investigating how they remain resonant. She has explored this through photography, bookworks, the Internet and New Media. In varying ways she incorporates new photography with oral histories, genealogy, and collaborations with people who have a significant connection to the original site, archive or artefact."