About the work

A closer look.

Is my house still there? Is the building still there? Is the old one still standing? Send one old photograph and I go look at that ground today. First look is free. Message me the photo and whatever fragments you have (a town, a decade, a sign, a language). I answer whether it can be placed at all, and what the ground already shows. You pay only if you want the whole written answer. What the full answer holds: - the coordinates, if the spot can be pinned - current street-level images of that same corner, with the date on the imagery - a plain verdict: still standing, changed, or gone, and what replaced it - what the old picture could not show: a rebuilt facade, an empty lot, a new tower behind the roofline Good for a family photo with no caption, a house you grew up in, a building you remember from childhood, a shop from a film, a street you want to see before you book the trip. Five days. One revision included, which can be a second corner nearby rather than a redo. Honest limits: I work from maps and dated street-level imagery, not from standing on the pavement. Where there is no coverage (mainland China, many rural roads), I say so and give you what the record does show instead of a guess dressed as a fact. If the photo cannot be placed at all, I tell you and no payment is sent. What people actually ask me: where was this photo taken, is this place still there, what is there now, then and now, does this building still exist, what happened to this place, is the house still standing, old building photo, what does it look like now.