By Jack Day

Remember building diorama‘s in elementary school? If you were like me then you probably just kind of glued some junk you found in your brothers room to the inside of a shoebox and hoped for the best. Luckily there are more creative people out there like Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger. The pair of photographers started recreating famous photographs by building extremely detailed diorama’s of each scene and then photographing it.

Why? They were out of work and decided to put their sense of creativity to good use. That and it is really hard work that requires an invested mind who cares deeply about the significance of each historical event. I think you will be impressed with the amount of detail the two put into these pieces. In a recent interview with Wired, Cortis said,“building people is actually really difficult for us.” This was in reference to their next project, which is the assassination of JFK. Here are some of their past pieces.

#1)  “208-N-43888″ by Charles Levy, 1945

#2) September 11 terrorist attack, World Trade Center in New York City, 2001

#3) “Tiananmen” by Stuart Franklin, 1989

#4) “Nessie” by Marmaduke Wetherell, 1934

#5) “The last photo of the Titanic afloat” by Francis Browne, 2014

#6) “War Requiem” by Benjamin Britten, 1961

#7) “Mont Blanc, la Jonction” by Louis-Auguste Bisson with Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, 1861

#8) “The Hindenburg Disaster” by Sam Shere, 1937

#9) “The Wright Brothers” by John Thomas Daniels, 1903

#10) “Concorde” by Toshihiko Sato, 2000

What do you think of these amazing recreations? Impressive right? Have you ever gone to this length for your craft? Please share any stories and comments!