As we get ready to re-launch our 10/100/1000 contest, we caught up with last year’s finalist Brian Weinstein from Tampa Changing to see how the project is coming along…
Franklin Street - then and now
Bryan Weinstein has been hunting down historic photos of Tampa for over a year and a half. After determining where in Tampa the historic photo was taken, he systematically takes a matching modern photograph of the scene. The historic photograph as well as the matching re-photograph are then posted to his website, www.TampaChanging.com, allowing people to view the changes, or lack of, that have occurred over the years.
Last year, Tampa Changing received a lot of exposure when it was one of the ten finalists in the 10/100/1000 contest. Due to the publicity Tampa Changing received from this contest, Bryan was asked to be a guest speaker at two local Preservation Society meetings and has been featured in other local publications. He has had his re-photography exhibited and currently has his re-photography for sale in the Tampa Bay History Center’s gift shop.
After becoming a finalist, Bryan was contacted by many people throughout Tampa Bay. Some were photographers who wanted to submit their own re-photography. Others were residents who wanted to submit their own historic photographs, and others wanted to know when Bryan would be able to re-photograph their section of Tampa, and even the surrounding counties. While Bryan’s efforts are still primarily focused in and around Tampa, www.TampaChanging.com now features re-photography Bryan has taken around the world and an ever-increasing section dedicated to re-photography taken by other local photographers.
by: Brian Weinstein, Tampa Changing
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