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30 Celebrities Photoshopped Side-By-Side With Their Younger Selves Show How Aging Has Changed Them (New Pics)
Dutch graphic designer Ard Gelinck makes time travel possible. At least, for popular celebrities. Gelinck has been photoshopping famous people as if they're hanging out with their younger selves, and the side-by-side comparisons come out so cool, you can't help but wonder if some of his subjects have them framed.
Gelinck has worked on these photomontages for about 10 years now, but it doesn't look like he's running out of ideas. On the contrary. The graphic designer continues to delight his 258K Instagram followers with regular photo comparisons. Continue scrolling to check out the latest ones, and for his earlier works, fire up Bored Panda's older articles here and here.
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Matt Leblanc
The graphic designer said he's always trying to challenge himself when it comes to Photoshop. "The 'Then and Now' series is quite old when you consider that me and my brother made the first image for it about 10 years ago," Gelinck told Bored Panda. "About 5 years ago, I edited pictures for a lot of Dutch celebrities and it was a success, so I then started working with foreign celebrity photos. The first one was Madonna, and she even posted my image on her own Instagram."
The Queen of Pop, however, isn't the only Gelinck subject who has publicly admired his work. Rob Lowe, Tina Turner, Lionel Richie, Annie Lennox, BeeGees, Jason Priestly, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Carice van Houten, Sylvester Stallone, Robbie Williams, Michael Douglas, Ricky Gervais, and many more have also given him a shoutout. "When I think about it, the list is quite impressive," Gelinck said.
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#2
Carrie Fisher
When the Photoshop wizard is composing the pictures, he's often trying to make the subject and their former self embrace one another, be it an arm on the shoulder on a hug. "[The actual pose] depends on a lot of things. I'm trying to find one where they're standing next to each other."
The graphic designer thinks that his project has become so popular because people enjoy taking a trip down memory lane and remember the celebrities when they were young. Each of Gelinck's images is like a shot of nostalgia that brings back past moments of enjoying music chart hits, TV shows, and movies.
#3
Daniel Radcliffe
#4
Queen Elizabeth
#5
Pierce Brosnan
#6
Robert De Niro
#7
Ryan Reynolds
#8
David Bowie
#9
Jennifer Aniston
#10
Will Smith
#11
Jamie Lee Curtis
Kathy Smith 4 years ago
I admire her immensely. Also, she’s a wonderful actress, and beautiful.
#12
Julia Roberts
Lilly's happy place 4 years ago
she is my favorite actress, she is beautiful and she has never made a bad movie.
#13
Brad Pitt
#14
Matthew Perry
#15
Peter Venkman (Bill Murray)
#16
Tom Hanks
CrunChewy McSandybutt 4 years ago
Okay, but this is two of his characters, not how he actually looks. I'd like to see a side by side without costuming.
#17
George Clooney
Jennifer Gould 4 years ago
Wished they used his pic from his time on Rosanne! lol With his curly hair! :)
#18
Harrison Ford
#19
Ricky Gervais
#20
Mark Hamill
Aragorn II Elessar 4 years ago
Ah, the good old days when Luke preferred a blaster over a lightsaber, wanted to go to Tosche Station for power converters, and had two biological hands
#21
Dolly Parton
Aria Whitaker 4 years ago
I. LOVE. DOLLY. My daughter subscribes to her "Imagination Library" and has gotten a free book, every month since she was born! She has a heart of gold and is a true role model.
#22
The Rock
#23
Hugh Grant
#24
Dave Grohl
#25
Kevin McCallister & Macaulay Culkin
#26
Whoopi Goldberg
#27
George Michael
#28
Sean Astin
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Cassie 4 years ago
It would be nice if the titles were consistent, perhaps with actor name and then roles depicted.
Up All Night 4 years ago
Not every one of them is an actor. And not all actor pictures are role-related.
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Elsahthescienceguy 4 years ago
I know! I literally didn’t recognize him when I watched “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” ! He looks so different!
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Ang.stl 4 years ago
That was kinda in the name of the post. Kinda hard to have a 10 year old Conan standing next to his 55 year old self without a little photoshop or some other manipulation.
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Michael Caban 4 years ago
What was funny to me was that you could which stars got plastics done and which were done REALLY well! Haha
David de Fortier 4 years ago
Should have done arnold swarchenegger.. dont scold me on my spelling of his name.
Peter Parker 4 years ago
No woody harrilson? From cheers to now? I would have loved to see that.
Eagle Girl 4 years ago
Jodi Foster? Miley Cyrus? Tom Cruise... Risky Business to Mission Impossible? C'mon, we want more!
Julie Towers 4 years ago
I think most of them looked like they were posing with their children. Excellent pics - and for some reason made me feel a little choked up.
Dorothy Cloud 4 years ago
For the most, I really enjoyed them and the photo-shopping is very well done!
Jackie Wacky 4 years ago
These are so well done. A lot of the time, it looks like a parent and their child.
Cassie 4 years ago
It would be nice if the titles were consistent, perhaps with actor name and then roles depicted.
Up All Night 4 years ago
Not every one of them is an actor. And not all actor pictures are role-related.
Load More Replies... Elsahthescienceguy 4 years ago
I know! I literally didn’t recognize him when I watched “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” ! He looks so different!
Load More Replies... Ang.stl 4 years ago
That was kinda in the name of the post. Kinda hard to have a 10 year old Conan standing next to his 55 year old self without a little photoshop or some other manipulation.
Load More Replies... Michael Caban 4 years ago
What was funny to me was that you could which stars got plastics done and which were done REALLY well! Haha
David de Fortier 4 years ago
Should have done arnold swarchenegger.. dont scold me on my spelling of his name.
Peter Parker 4 years ago
No woody harrilson? From cheers to now? I would have loved to see that.
Eagle Girl 4 years ago
Jodi Foster? Miley Cyrus? Tom Cruise... Risky Business to Mission Impossible? C'mon, we want more!
Julie Towers 4 years ago
I think most of them looked like they were posing with their children. Excellent pics - and for some reason made me feel a little choked up.
Dorothy Cloud 4 years ago
For the most, I really enjoyed them and the photo-shopping is very well done!
Jackie Wacky 4 years ago
These are so well done. A lot of the time, it looks like a parent and their child.
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