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Days of Future Passed Contrasts Olden Chicago Against the Modern

Chris Gampat
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08/01/2013
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Lawrence Hearn has been a photographer his entire life and was a journalism major in the 1960s. And when Photoshop came about, he started to experiment with it for a while. His latest project is called Days of Future Passed, and contrasts modern day Chicago against what it used to be: 50 years ago exactly.

Projects like this are fairly common, but we haven’t seen much centered around Chicago. So we asked Lawrence about it. Our brief interview and more photos are after the jump.

Phoblographer: What made you want to do this project?

Lawrence: I wanted to do this project because it combines two of my very favorite passionsâ€Ĥphotography and Photoshop. I also did some research on available books about Chicago and really didn’t find anything that showed the “before” and “after” concept quite like I do. I have been looking into producing a book on my photographs of Chicago.

Phoblographer: What do you hope to accomplish with the project?

Lawrence: I hope to establish a “following” of sorts so that those interested would look forward to seeing my next project.

Phoblographer: Do you plan on maybe doing this with other cities?

Lawrence: I think there is a lot more to do in Chicagoâ€Ĥbut would never say never!

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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