40 Before And After Pics That Perfectly Capture Dramatic Change
Sometimes, the best way to appreciate change is to see it with your own eyes. While we often overlook the slow progress we make each day, time has a way of stacking those little efforts into something monumental. Whether it’s a fitness transformation, a restored object, or a city skyline evolving over the decades, change is all around us—and it’s powerful.
Here are some side-by-side photos that serve as visual proof that time, effort, and sometimes just a little patience, can transform absolutely everything.
#1 This Blue Jay Still Has Half Of Their Baby Feathers
Image source: CanadianGrown
#2 Before And After Processing Of The Andromeda Galaxy From My Backyard
Image source: tomsmithreddit, tomsmithreddit
#3 My Mom’s Passport Photos Before And After The Iranian Revolution. 1978 On The Left, 1984 On The Right With Mandatory Hijabs
Image source: yougotsherved
#4 I Rescued The Cat Off The Street. Photos Before And After. One Year Difference
Image source: alinaesther
#5 A Friend’s Aunt Gifted Me Her Deceased Fathers Car. “If You Think You Can Get It Running, You Can Have It”. Before vs. After
Image source: Whoiscw
#6 A Drawing Comparison Between 2015 And 2017. Both Are My Drawings
Image source: VFreddyART
#7 May 2024 vs. May 2025
Image source: GreatLakes347
#8 My Parents & Their First House In 1963 And Today
Image source: reddit.com
#9 Ax From Viking Era, Before And After Conservation 10th–11th Century
Image source: bigmeat
#10 My Ewes Before And After Shearing Yesterday
Image source: JaderBug12
#11 Before And After Powerwashing. New York Used To Be A Much Dirtier City Back When The Northeast Ran On Coal Plants
Image source: Teddie1056
#12 Before-And-After Cleaning Of A 300-Year-Old Silver-Inlaid Sword Pommel
Image source: Antique_Steel
#13 Hair Shrinkage Compared To Hair Straightener
Image source: Clear_Constant_3709
#14 I’m An Art Teacher And I Moved To A New School This Past Summer. The Previous Teacher Did Not Share My Love Of Organization. Behold The Before And After
Image source: smolgurl93
#15 My Collection Showing The Evolution Of Portable Data Storage Over The Past 45 Years
Image source: SN74HC04
#16 This Is My First Paint Layer Side By Side With My Finished Painting
Image source: gustavoramosart
#17 This Painting Shows The Devastating Effects Centuries Of Cigarette Smoke Has On Art
Image source: yogrowman
#18 Was Driving To A Kids Swim Meet And Had To Stop To Take This Picture. New vs. Old
Image source: triought
#19 Modern Tomato vs. One Grown From 150 Year Old Seeds
Image source: jambags
#20 Before And After Of The Excavation Of The Ancient Greek Stadium
Image source: reddit.com, Prof. Dr. Orhan Bingol
#21 Before And After Of A Man Who Walked Across China For A Year
Image source: Christoph Rehage
#22 Southern California Before And After A Wet Winter
Image source: Remnarc
#23 Metro Manila Before And After Quarantine
Image source: ironicallymacaroni
#24 Old vs. New. Ballet Pointe Shoes
Image source: Rileyjademodel
#25 Found My Old College Notes. Before And After I Started Taking ADD Meds
Image source: Cli33ord
#26 Concrete Before And After Stamping It For A Stone Tile Look
Image source: Mesoposty
#27 Before & After. A Rough Larimar Stone Polished Into A Cabochon For Jewelry Use
Image source: reddit.com
#28 Evolution Of Gaming Graphics
Image source: tiredsadnlonely, embracer
#29 My Brain Before And After Brain Surgery
Image source: dslryan, dslryan
#30 Mt. St. Helens Before And After Eruption
Image source: Harry Glicken, Lyn Topinka
#31 Before And After Of A Property We Cleaned Up Today
Image source: rpgmgta
#32 A Girl Said She’d Come Over, So I Just Did A Quick Vacuum
Image source: Beneficial_One9639
#33 Before Watering And About An Hour After Watering
Image source: namedafternoone
#34 Sheepdog Before And After A Lil Haircut
Image source: take_off_the_foo-foo
#35 Before And After Of A Hoarders House We Cleaned Out. Ready To Renovate
Image source: WhyDoiLiveHerefrfr
#36 Crisp Block Of One Dollar USD vs. A Circulated Stack
Image source: Chiefpigloo
#37 New Sewing Needle vs. Sewing Needle After For Months Of Sewing
Image source: cecikierk
#38 Before/After Of A Cosplay Photo I Took Out In The California Desert
Image source: beethy
#39 This Trail Before And After Logging
Image source: louiscyr
#40 Diying My Basement. Home Built In 1966, Old Wood vs. New Wood
Image source: Ethnic_Soul93
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