Guy Photoshopped Himself Into His Childhood Pics To Hang Out With His Younger Self, And The Results Are Too Realistic

While photoshopping is criticized for what it’s used – like trolling or creating fake news – sometimes it can be used for some very wholesome reasons. Such as recreating photos, or joining your past-self at the moment.

Montreal-based photographer Conor Nickerson has a stunning collection in which he photoshops himself into his old family photos. His photo series shows Nickerson hanging out with his younger self from circa 1997 to 2005.

“I feel like me and little me would have gotten along pretty alright,” Nickerson said on Reddit.

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1# To create these photos, Nickerson first had to transport his current self back into the late ’90s.

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Nickerson shared his heartwarming project in a now-viral post on Reddit. The series of 11 photos show the photographer hanging out with his younger self from circa 1997 to 2005.

“I got the idea to do this project when I was home from University on spring break this year,” Nickerson told INSIDER. “While looking through some old family photos, I wondered what it would it look like if [I] tried to Photoshop myself today into them,” he explained in a statement about his collection online.

2# “I gathered all the old hats and t-shirts that I could find,” Nickerson said online.

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The end result was, in Nickerson’s words, an “amusing, strange, and surprisingly introspective” series of photos — take a closer look below.

3# “I did my best to put myself into childhood moments which, aside from these photos, remain only a distant memory.”

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4# Nickerson learned a lot about Photoshop along the way.

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5# He wrote on Reddit: “Matching the quality of the new photo to the old was definitely a challenge! It involved a lot of blurring, sharpening, and noise to try to get it to look like an older photo.”

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6# “It took so long to work on them and I was really learning how to do it as I went along, so it was nice to see that they came out alright and that they got such a positive reception,” he told INSIDER.

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One Reddit user asked Nickerson if he is weirded out looking at these photos. “I find it almost disturbing how real they look, like seeing a ghost or something,” the user wrote.

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“Seeing the final images all together definitely is a bit strange!” Nickerson replied. But “editing the pictures and looking at them so closely for so long [took] a bit away from the shock value.”

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9# “I feel like me and little me would have gotten along pretty alright,” Nickerson said on Reddit.

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One Reddit user suggested that Nickerson Photoshop himself into photos of his parents’ major life events for his next project. “Now that’s an idea!” Nickerson replied.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Conor Nickerson is an American photographer, musician, and amateur videographer based in Montreal, originally from Massachusetts. As a photographer, Conor does freelance work, as well as independent projects. He’s experienced in historical colorization, post-production, and photo editing. For more of his work, check out his website, and follow him on InstagramFacebookFlickr, and Twitter.

Guy Explains Why His CEO Left Work At Exactly At 5 PM, Others Share Stories About The Wholesome Bosses They’ve Had)

Throughout the months, we’ve known some people who had conflicts with their higher-ups for not respecting their work schedules. For example, we met this man who wasn’t allowed to leave early even though there was no more work, so he saw to it that he wouldn’t work anymore after his time. We have also known this guy who wasn’t let go even after his work hours.

Today, we’ll end these kinds of stories on a positive note. In a TikTok video by Alec (@handle), he retold his story where he observed his boss leaving at 5 pm on the dot. He then discovered him doing some work in his car. When he asked him why he did his matters in the car and not in his office, the boss responded that he wanted his employees to appreciate their work schedules by making them comfortable at leaving at 5 pm as well.

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Bosses who respect their employees’ work schedules still exist, and this man can attest to that

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In his video, he revealed that his CEO would leave the office exactly at the last minute of work



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The viewers applauded the CEO for such a positive habit



Some users shared that there are even more of those who care








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