ABSTRACT
Rephotographs are photographs that intentionally repeat earlier images, usually from the same vantage points in space, in order to allow a detailed comparison between views. Rephotography forms a dialogue with time, history and memory where multiple photographs made at different times become points of comparison that anchor historical documents to physical locations. As a eldwork method rephotography literarily takes visual artifacts back to where they were once produced and offers a unique opportunity to see the relationship of historical records to the spaces they represent. More recently as attention turns to the effects of global warming and climate change in what is largely described as the Anthropocene era, rephotography can serve as a tool for comparative studies showing clear evidence of human-caused change. In combination with other data the results may be used to help humanists, scientists, policy makers and the general public visualise the effects of such changes. One result of rephotography is to inuence human behaviour by challenging the expectations of place that a limited viewpoint in time provides. This is possible because rephotographs connect pictures from one time to another, forming a new entity extending beyond past and present to pose questions about the future.
