By incorporating both pop culture icons – like Yoda, Darth Vader and Spiderman – and historical figures – like Abraham Lincoln and Adolf Hitler – into past, real-life scenes, Ukrainian artist Danil Polevoy chose to rewrite history in his own, unique way. The realistic photo collages are humorous yet thought-provoking at the same time. After all, what would our lives be like if these images really showed the truth?
Darth strumming his guitar
Adolf Hitler’s works of art
Darth Vader of the Old City (Jerusalem)
Abraham Lincoln’s first job, February 5, 1865
Ministry Of Sound, 1905
General Douglas MacArthur, Washington, D.C., November 1930
The first McDonald’s restaurant, Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity), May 1862
The Kiss Orchestra, Wisconsin, circa 1931
Mrs. Parker and son, Washington, D.C., circa 1916
Captain America, Iron man and Invisible man, Washington, D.C., circa 1921
Yoda, Japan, 1932