Unfortunately, people underestimate their own history.
Come join us in our time travel to the past,
as seen today
Historemakes is an initiative that makes history accessible by restoring images from the past and combing them together, old with new
OUR MISSION
To encourage people to value their lives, and value their history.
Have you ever happened to wander around a city, and seeing in your own eyes, that there was an entire battlefield nearby?
Sometimes, It is good to know where you stand.
WHY EXACTLY
Nowadays, accessibility is the main key for studying, learning and valuing anything, including history.
Today, most people focus on the future, which is blessed, but not knowing the past may cause disasters to happen again.
HOW WE WISH TO DO THAT
with making history more accessible and interesting.
OUR PROCESS FOR MAKING HISTORY MORE INTERESTING
FIRST
we choose photos
that seems suitable for a recreation.
In the search of finding the right image we particularly focus on something that happened in the past and also photo that contain something that can give us a hint where that photo was taken, such as street templates, buildings, signs etc.
THEN
we locate
using mapping services, for the exact same spot the photo was shot.
Sometimes the photo comes with lots of information about the location and it’s an easy find for us.
Unfortunately, sometime it’s very irritating and can take quite some time to find the exact place especially in places where the whole street looks the same or even for example if we look for a building that doesn’t exists anymore.
AFTER THAT
we take a photo
We take into account the boundaries of the image, the height from which it was taken and the angle.
Then we parallel our photo to the photo from the past to make sure it fits perfectly as precisely as we can get.
AND FINALLY
we combine
the photos together, using Photoshop techniques, to make one, powerful image.
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AND THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS
ORIGINAL PHOTO
PHOTO TAKEN PRESENT DAY
The image taken nowadays, in the exact same place in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem.
PHOTOS COMBINED
SLOWLY SLIDE AND SEE THE IMPACT
Seeing the well known places as been 50, 70 or 100 years ago, and telling their and its stories, might attract a lot of people knowing more about their own history
HISTOREMAKES IN THE MEDIA
Historemakes - "In this place" Exhibition
In April 2018 Historemakes project was selected to be exhibited in the lobby of “The Cameri” – Tel Aviv by the Tel Aviv Municipality, at the opening of the official ceremonies commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day in Tel Aviv.
Historemakes scholarship award
In July 2017 Historemakes project won a scholarship of appreciation from International Institute of Holocaust Studies – “Massua”.
