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Create a 15-Decade Historical Portrait Collage

Generate a museum-style collage of the same person across 15 decades, from the 1880s through the 2020s, preserving their identity while adapting each portrait to its era.

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Reference_photo (image) · Required
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Historical_portrait_collage (image)
Create a hyperrealistic time-travel collage of the same person across 15 decades, from the 1880s through the 2020s. Use the uploaded reference photo to preserve the person's exact appearance and identity.

Arrange all 15 portraits in a neat 3×5 or 5×3 grid. Use consistent square or portrait framing, even spacing, and a neutral museum-archive background between the panels. Add the decade label to the lower-left corner of each portrait in a minimalist serif or archival typewriter font.

Keep the person's facial structure, bone structure, eye shape, facial proportions, and distinctive features identical in every panel. Their identity and appearance must not change. Only clothing, hairstyle, color grading, lighting, and photographic technique should vary to match each historical era. Each portrait should look like a genuine photograph made in its decade, not a modern photo with a historical filter.

Use era-appropriate visual details throughout the decades. Apply these specific directions where relevant:
- 1880s: Traditional regional or cultural clothing appropriate to the person's origin; sepia, tintype, or daguerreotype effect; a still, formal studio pose.
- 1890s: Formal suit or dress with a high collar, bow tie, or lace details; vintage studio lighting and a soft vignette.
- 1900s: Colonial-era clothing and a wide-brimmed hat; warm brown monochrome tones.
- 1910s: Military-style clothing or formal Edwardian attire; neatly styled or gathered hair; the grainy look of a silver-gelatin print.
- 1920s: European tailoring and a beret or cloche hat; soft film grain and slightly muted tones.

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