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What's most awesome about these pictures, is that looking many of them, you could easily imagine they were taken today. It's astonishing that the picture of mod
by balabaster 12y ago
What's most awesome about these pictures, is that looking many of them, you could easily imagine they were taken today. It's astonishing that the picture of modern life we see all around us, we build up this idea in our heads that we've come so far in the past hundred or so years, but in reality, much of the world - even in the West, hasn't come that far at all.
- lmm 12y agoI wouldn't say that. The clothes look uncomfortable, there are mud tracks rather than road, the whole city is two- or even one-story buildings (which implies you'd be living without any subcultural clubs in walking distance - hope you enjoy the same things everyone else does). Even the melons the guy is selling are clearly in much worse condition than modern supermarket produce. And look at how many people it takes just to operate one small fire engine or boat. These are beautiful, fascinating pictures, but I wouldn't want to live there.
- golergka 12y agoI live in Russia, and rural towns look pretty much as you just described. Of course, there's a lot of broken asphalt on the roads, and houses don't look as good as in the photos.
- koberstein 12y agoYeah I don't know how people managed to live happy lives with all those mud tracks and sub-par melons.
- tmp1234519029 12y agoVodka.
- lmm 12y agoIf you look at happiness surveys, as best as we can tell such people would have been significantly less happy than we are.
- jobu 12y agoIt would be very cool to see photographs of the same places today. How much have the clothing and building styles changed? (or not changed)