The City Revisited: Old and new aspects of Derry captured in unique images

This unique and fascinating collection of images, created merging old and new photographs of Derry, were created in 2013 as part of ‘The City Revisited - A Rephotographic Study’ project.

The project was an element of the BT Portrait of a City initiative which was launched as part of Derry’s City of Culture celebrations to bring together a massive archive of photographs of the city and its residents.

In ‘The City Revisited’ project, two photographers, Paul McGuckin and Andrew Horsman, gathered a series of photographs taken in Derry around 100 years ago. They then re-visited the precise locations where the images were taken.

Once the exact location was found, they re-photographed the images, using the same camera that was used originally, a large format, 5" x 4" camera. The new and the original images were then merged to show the changes that have occurred over the past 100 years, in a unique, single image.

The below image shows the houses which previously ran alongside Derry's Walls.