We love the trend where people recreate an old photo. There’s just so much of people’s stories unfolding before your very eyes when you have a couple of “Then vs Now” pics.
Scroll below to check out some of the most popular submissions found on the subreddit r/PastAndPresentPics. Bursting with sweet memories and palpable emotion they’re sure to enthral you in the narratives these photos bring to life.
#1 Real Friendship
#2 Me In My Parents Backyard Less Than A Year After We Moved In And Me Almost 30 Years Later When They Sold The House
#3 So We Recreated A Photo(Me On Top)
#4 Truly Man’s Best Friend!
#5 Me And My Siblings Recreated This For My Parents As A Gift For Their 50th Anniversary. 1985-2019
#6 Phew! That Was A Long Boat Ride! ?
#7 Same Drama
#8 My Wife And I In 1973 And In 2019. I’d Just Turned 16 In The First One, She Was A Month Away From 16. It Was The First Pic Of Us Together, Taken In A Mall Photobooth
#9 We Recreated A Childhood Photo… From Blue’s Clues Birthday Party To 20 Years Later At Thanksgiving!
#10 Happy Father’s Day
#11 Giving My Boys A Ride / And My Boys Giving Me A Ride
#12 My Daughter And I Swinging Thru Time
#13 LEGO
#14 Still Friends 20 Years Later
#15 My Mom And Her Siblings, 1971 And 2023
#16 My Sisters And I Recreated A Photo At The Same Beach In Hawaii (1991-2022)
#17 My Grandfather With His Mini, And Me With Mine
#18 My Parents, Still Tired
#19 Throwback Thursday, 1991 -> 2021, Back At The House I Grew Up In (Queens, NY)
#20 My Pop And His Mama!
#21 Age 16 vs. Age 30
#22 Me & My Bff, Taken 20 Years Apart
#23 Same Mom, Same Me, Same Teddy Bear Some 55 Years Apart
#24 Grandkids In 1994 vs. 2022
#25 At My Desk Hardly Working, 1992-2019
#26 Thanksgiving 2011-2021
#27 A Cowboy And His Tree At 4 And 63 Years Old
#28 My Mom And I Getting “Called To The Bar” As Lawyers 35 Years Apart. 1981 —- 2016
#29 My Granddad And His Wheels, ~1950 & 2020
#30 My Great-Great Grandfather (Left) 1862, And Me (Right), 2022
Credit: DeMilked