1| Dhirubhai Ambani (28 December 1932 - 6 July 2002)

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Dhirubhai Ambani is the most famous businessman of India. Ask even a 5 year old in India, and he/she will know about Dhirubhai Ambani or atleast about his last name. In all his life, he learnt and applied. From his student life in dusty lanes of a small village in Gujarat to the major seaport city of Aden and finally in Bombay where he become the doyen of the Indian industry. All his life he had been doing only one thing and that is to learn and apply.

After doing his matriculation; though he wanted to continue study, Dhirubhai went to Aden, Yemen to earn money as his home's financial condition was not good. In Aden he worked with a trading firm as a clerk. In those days, Aden was the second-most busiest port in the world, and traders from across the world came there for business. He learnt the ins and outs of trading, read every thing that he could lay his hands on.

This interesting work of art is actually old photos superimposed on present day scenes. It shows how it was back in the days and how it is now. The brains behind the project are several photographers from a flickr group who have managed to cooperate and create an amusing art piece by only using photography as the main tool. There are some very cool transformations and you will be surprised how different it looked before. A transformation that is especially fun to check out is the one on Dubai. If you want to do the same as these members of the group did, you need lots of time, a bunch of old photographs of buildings, structures and locations,  a photo camera, and last but not least creativity. It can make an interesting hobby.

The flickr group contains several hundreds of photos, but here are the best 25. Something that can remind of this project is these amazing drawings combined with photography.