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Noting that he has witnessed other changes in the land during his own travels. Tassel says his work is part of a continuum: his "now" pictures will eventually become "then" pictures for other photo-historians...
...What I find most incredible is that some of my photos actually show more complete views than the old ones," says Tassel, pointing to his shot of Jerusalem's Damascus Gate, which faces the Syrian capital to the North. Due to modern archaeological excavations, the contemporary picture shows more of the ancient structure than the Bonfils original...
...ravages of war have completely altered other sites of historical interest, obliterating ancient landmarks such as Jerusalem's Hurva Synagogue. The temple was the subject of an 1867 photograph, but only a reconstructed arch can be seen in Tassel's counterpart...
Rosovsky, who helped Tassel throughout the project, describes the amateur photographer as a perfectionist. "He made three journeys to Israel--all on his own time and with his own money--to capture the same feeling in his photographs as in those taken a century before," she adds...
After collecting thousands of feet of film, Tassel processed the photographs in the darkroom of his Lexington, Mass., home. The portfolio is still evolving. "I don't know if it'll ever end," Tassel says...