https://www.peterfunch.com/portfolio/42nd-and-vanderbilt/
In each pair, the photos may be years apart!
What I find most fascinating is how consistent the photographed individuals are, in their demeanor and style, over time.
Funch's project is more interesting because it captures a person at least twice over time; however, the photos are less well executed compared to the ones from diCorcia, but that's to be expected as diCorcia only had to find good and photogenic photographs once per subject, Funch had to get his subject's photos at least twice --so it was much harder to do.
I wonder how he figured out if a person he just snapped had walked by years ago... I guess face recognition is possible.
As I recall, Feynman made a comment in one of his autobiographies about an argument he had had with an artist friend about the beauty of a rose. His friend was frustrated with Feynman's reductionist approach to everything including the rose. Paraphrasing Feynman: "How does knowing more about how a rose works take away from its beauty?"
I wonder if Feynman understood that naivety is a thing you can lose or if he understood that but did not see any value in naivety, mystery.
Perhaps a counterpoint to Feynman: "When I Heard the Learned Astronomer".