Photographer has found people that he candidly photographed in 1970s and recreated the photos more than 40-years later.
Chris Porsz is a retired paramedic, amateur photographer and took pictures of people drinking fish and chips during 70s and 1980s.
He decided that it would be fun and entertaining to reconstruct identical photographs, even though the photos are now 40 years old.
Incrediblely, he was able recreate every one of his 168 images in just over a year. This is largely due to social media.
He has now recreated this second set of photographs after he published his first in Reunions (2016), the book he thought was the first.
When he posted photos of long-lost subjects in papers local and nationally, as well as on Facebook and his website, the idea for this project was born.
Due to the popularity of the book, he is now releasing a second edition. He also persuaded others to take pictures in front of the camera.
Chris Porsz was a paramedic, amateur photographer and took photos of people enjoying fish, chips, nights out, and trips to fairgrounds decades before. (Pictured) One of his subjects recreates an old photo with an owl perched on his shoulder, and a hamburger in his hand.
After publishing their photos in newspapers and online, he recognized his subjects and began the project.
A mere 40 years on, one subject recreates his 1970s shots next to his car.
As three schoolgirls giggle, they walk along the street with the assistance of a lady who gives lollipops.
They reunite with the lollipop girl and their now-grown daughters to recreate the photo they took decades ago.
There were 134 sets of photos in the first book, and there was a second with 168.
After his son Simon was born, Chris became interested in photography for the first time.
Chris began taking family photographs with his camera, but he soon started walking on the streets to find inspiration.
In 1986, though he became a paramedic and, with three children, life unsurprisingly became too busy and he had less time to devote to his hobby.
He left his photo albums to collect dust, until 2009 when some of them were sent to his local newspaper.
These photos were immediately loved by the readers, and soon letters began arriving from individuals who saw themselves in them.
The boy chimney sweeper stands behind the camera.
The photo of a young couple that shared a decades-old photograph shows them together looking at the globe.
They are all grown-up: Two boys recreate a childhood photograph of themselves sitting side by side in a park.
An ice cream truck in late 1970s gives a two-coned cone to a young girl.
As a grown woman, she smiles at her camera while recreating a shot in which she purchased ice cream from the exact street vendor.
In the 1970s, two corner shop employees are seen behind the till wearing white coats.
In the decades that have passed since their original picture was taken the shop owners reunite to recreate the photo.
One man is reading a newspaper under a billboard that makes it look as though a donkey might be about to devour his head
This newspaper reader is seen with a donkey that eats a carrot in his back decades later.
Photograph of two close friends while shopping together in 1990s
With the help of the ELLE bag, their friends recreated their photo decades later.
Two of their friends have a great time as they take a ride on a 1980s funfair.
Their reunions lead to a re-creation of the same image many decades later