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7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by dont8(m): 5:34pm On Oct 14, 2016
It is an interactive web-based Photography Installation. The photo project explores and documents old and changing urban landscapes to create a fused archive of contemporary and historic Lagos.The project prompts reflection on important questions about our value for history and archives in today’s world and the need to build more modern structures to satisfy the taste for the modernity of the burgeoning urban population with contemporary architecture and designs.

It goes on to further state that

The project actively involves online documentation of found archival photographs of Architect and Photographer Gillian Hopwood, who, with her husband John Godwin, moved to Lagos in 1954 to work. Her iconic photographs which depict dynamic architectural pieces, interesting people and famous places in Lagos are merged with photographs of present day situations and how they are being appropriated. The juxtaposed images take a new form in an online interactive platform that largely includes (but is not limited to) pre-independence, early post-independence photos between 1955 and 1965 with photographs from made in 2015.

Now take a look at the differences between these pictures taken in 1958 and 2015 respectively.



1. Tinubu Square

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Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by dont8(m): 5:42pm On Oct 14, 2016
2. Carter Bridge

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Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by dont8(m): 5:44pm On Oct 14, 2016
3. Ebute Ero Wharf

Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by stainlink(m): 5:44pm On Oct 14, 2016
NOT MUCH HAVE CHANGED
Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by Justiceleague1: 5:46pm On Oct 14, 2016
There were no area boys and agberos then but now...angry
well eko ile o.. grin God bless Lagos

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Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by dont8(m): 5:47pm On Oct 14, 2016
4. Nnamdi Azikiwe Street

Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by tintingz(m): 5:47pm On Oct 14, 2016
Wow!
Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by gaetano: 5:49pm On Oct 14, 2016
undecided I still prefer the BEFORE pictures
Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by dont8(m): 5:52pm On Oct 14, 2016
5. St. George’s Hall, Broad Street

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Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by dont8(m): 5:54pm On Oct 14, 2016
6. Holy Cross Cathedral, Lagos Island

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Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by Nobody: 6:04pm On Oct 14, 2016
wow this is what we call change not that bubu apc or apshit
Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by Tolexander: 6:08pm On Oct 14, 2016
The differences seem to be brought about by effect of the monochromatic camera then and the panchromatic camera used now.

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Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by Tallesty1(m): 6:09pm On Oct 14, 2016
dont8:
5. St. George’s Hall, Broad Street

The charge there is the painted building
Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by dont8(m): 6:11pm On Oct 14, 2016
7. Part of Old Ministry of Justice, Lagos Island


Credit

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Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by RealJaneDoe: 6:14pm On Oct 14, 2016
I will say wow when you put the then and now picture of dollar-naira exchange rate
Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by ezechueze(m): 6:16pm On Oct 14, 2016
OK
Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by jumobi1(m): 6:23pm On Oct 14, 2016
Some changes for better some for worse.
Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by Ngozi123(f): 6:40pm On Oct 14, 2016
Overall, it looked better in 1958 imo. The streets looked much cleaner.

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Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by ableguy(m): 7:01pm On Oct 14, 2016
dont8:
7. Part of Old Ministry of Justice, Lagos Island


Credit

So this house was built in 1958? It still very strong and can stand for years to come

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Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by ayobase(m): 7:53pm On Oct 14, 2016
Wow, I couldn't stop staring at both versions for "face-lifts".
Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by Dopenigga(m): 8:31pm On Oct 14, 2016
well i prefer d former cause d environment looks serene and not overcrowded like d latter

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Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by theSpark(m): 8:46pm On Oct 14, 2016
Nigeria has grown filthy over the years.
Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by Georgekyrian(m): 10:12pm On Oct 14, 2016
life made easy..
Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by dont8(m): 10:56pm On Oct 14, 2016
stainlink:
NOT MUCH HAVE CHANGED
You think?

Lalasticlala
Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by Taiofil(m): 11:17pm On Oct 14, 2016
St george hall..that building e yaff taay well well.. With their compass and divider ontop!

One of the first illuminati buildings in Nigeria!
Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by Adegoketheking: 11:30pm On Oct 14, 2016
Nigerians hardly destroy and rebuild houses. we wait for houses to collapse
Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by OkoNDOoBo: 11:37pm On Oct 14, 2016
Ngozi123:
Overall, it looked better in 1958 imo. The streets looked much cleaner.

Thank you for the observation, it was much cleaner not until the children of erosion land imported their dirt,just like they did in abia,enugu and imo that makes almost all cities in south east make up top 20 most polluted cities in the world
Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by DaniDani(m): 11:51pm On Oct 14, 2016
Ngozi123:
Overall, it looked better in 1958 imo. The streets looked much cleaner.
you took the words from my mouth. you spoke exactly my mind, in 1958, you can see sanity and decency, but now, madness, filthiness, disorderliness and uncontrollable population has messed up Lagos

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Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by meccuno: 11:53pm On Oct 14, 2016
OkoNDOoBo:


Thank you for the observation, it was much cleaner not until the children of erosion land imported their dirt,just like they did in abia,enugu and imo that makes almost all cities in south east make up top 20 most polluted cities in the world
those places aren't residential.
Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by 0955eb027(m): 1:13am On Oct 15, 2016
Things are not the same like before. Nnamdi Azikwe with the popular "Ago Tower".
Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by Ngozi123(f): 12:11pm On Oct 15, 2016
OkoNDOoBo:


Thank you for the observation, it was much cleaner not until the children of erosion land imported their dirt,just like they did in abia,enugu and imo that makes almost all cities in south east make up top 20 most polluted cities in the world

Or it could be that the indigenous government refused to plan properly and make satisfactory preparations for the growing Lagos population. A similar thing has happened with other major Nigerian cities. Smh, instead of you to blame bad governance, you're here, blaming other ethnic groups for this situation. This is why Nigeria has never reached the standard it ought to be now.
Re: 7 Before & After Photo Of Places In Lagos That Will Make You Say Wow 1958 & 2016 by OkoNDOoBo: 12:23pm On Oct 15, 2016
Ngozi123:


Or it could be that the indigenous government refused to plan properly and make satisfactory preparations for the growing Lagos population.
Obviously u re not far from the truth.

Lagos state government current plan is to de-congest lagos island and mainland by diverting the traffic to ikorodu and epe axis which will speed up development around there.
Once the fourth mainland bridge is completed.
People will start moving their to settle down

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