Ever since mankind learned to etch on the walls of French caves, we have always dreamt of drawing a vision of what the future might look like. The problem, mostly, is that many of these renderings are wildly unrealistic, taking riotous leaps of fancy and conjuring up technologies that aren’t present in the present yet might make an appearance later. Russian graphic artist Evgeny Kazantsev would have none of that.
In this series of illustrations Kazantsev created for an insurance company’s calendar back in 2011, the artist envisions actual cities, but with more advanced iterations of transport and construction that we already have now. Titled “past in the future”, the series “is not an expression of a dystopian landscape, plagued by the negative infiltration of robotics, electronics and computers; rather ‘past in the future’ envisions promising ideas for the inevitable assimilation of humans and advanced technologies.”
Innovations with flying drones, architectural constructions and materials may seem small in a day-to-day context, but when combined with a sense of practicality can ultimately shape and progress the way we inhabit the Earth. Kazantsev gives life to these advancements in his work, combining photography with an aesthetic that resembles vintage Worlds Fair postcards to create a vision of the future.
Check out the breathtaking collection below.
