Ever wondered how Stonehenge looked in its prime? Now’s your chance to discover! Photographer Paul E Williams allows you to experience the glory of Stonehenge as it was 5000 years ago through his unique photographic reconstruction project. Be amazed by the painstaking process of selecting the right sarsen stones and the resulting grandeur of the monument.
Reconstructing Stonehenge
When I was putting together MuseoPics Prehistoric Standing Stone photo collections, I started to wonder what Stonehenge really looked like when it was complete. There are illustrated and computer graphics reconstructions, but I wanted to see a photo reconstruction using the actual sarsen stones from Stonehenge. As I had taken photos of Stonehenge from many angles and at different times of the day, I was able to choose stones at the right angle and create a reconstruction without obvious repetition of the stones.
Is this How Stonehenge Looked 4000 Years Ago?
The end result is different from how I thought Stonehenge would look probably because I am so used to seeing it in ruins. I think the photo reveals an elegant symmetry to the monument, and the textures of the real sarsen stones give it an organic feel than I had seen before in other reconstructions. I can see why our prehistoric ancestors went to all the trouble of selecting then dragging the stones from Marlborough. To me the design of Stonehenge seems to give it a connection between the ground and the sky, or maybe I have been too influenced by modern Druid speak. Either way I think the reconstruction is an interesting experiment and worth the time spent recreating it without any CGI effects. Hope you agree.
Paul E Williams photographer & Curator of MuseoPics The Past In Pictures.
Photos from MuseoPics Stonehenge Photo Collection
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