Editing Rephotography (section)

{{Short description|Photographing from the site of a previous photograph}}
{{Distinguish|Reprography}}
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[[Image:Rephotography-crocker.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California]]
[[Image:Fox-200.jpg|thumb|right|[[Fox Tucson Theatre]], then and 2008]]

'''Rephotography''' or '''repeat photography''' is the act of [[photography|photographing]] the same site twice, with a time lag between the two images; a diachronic, "then and now" view of a particular area. Some are casual, usually taken from the same view point but without regard to season, [[Photographic lens|lens]] coverage or framing. Some are very precise and involve a careful study of the original image.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=AcBsjtkmPWkC&q=The+SAGE+Handbook+of+Visual+Research+Methods The SAGE Handbook of Visual Research Methods]'' Editors	[[Eric Margolis (sociologist)|Eric Margolis]], [[Luc Pauwels]]. Publisher	SAGE, 2011. Pt. 2 – Ch. 6, 7, 8; Pt. 3 – Ch. 13</ref>