'back to the future' series by irina werning
(above) 'cecile in 1987 & 2010', france
image © irina werning


compelled by the qualities and narrative-charged nature of vintage images, buenos aires-based
photographer irina werning has started a series of portraits fittingly titled, 'back to the future'.
largely consisting of diptychs, the project has subjects re-enact a childhood photograph from
their past in their current image today. the result is a surreal, time-traveling carbon copy that
manages to capture a sense of the subject's biography.

alarmingly detailed in props, image quality, colour balance and expressions,
the haunting portraits are at once nostalgic and charming, illustrating that - even with
the inevitable effects of time - we are who we are; people change, but they don't change.

to see more from the series, click through to werning's website here.



'pancho in 1983 & 2010', buenos aires
image © irina werning



'ian in 1984 & 2010', london
image © irina werning



'la negra 1980 & 2010', buenos aires
image © irina werning



'lucia in 1956 & 2010', buenos aires
image © irina werning



'mechi in 1990 & 2010', buenos aires
image © irina werning



'lali in 1978 & 2010', buenos aires
image © irina werning



'nico in 1986 & 2010', buenos aires
image © irina werning



'my parents in 1970 & 2010', buenos aires
image © irina werning