October 2026 edition6 pictures · 44 predictions · every one checked against a news articlePhotomontages 2008 to 2011

The pictures were made in 2011. The news caught up.

Six photomontages made between 2008 and 2011, built from the news of their day. Each one is read prediction by prediction and checked against the news of 2025 and 2026. Every verdict links to the article, including the ones that got it wrong.

Came true32
Still running4
Didn't hold up2
Of its time6
Face Facts, 2011: a face built from circuit boards, tabloid headlines, guns, banknotes and oil rigs, standing on oil barrels and bin bags.Face Facts2011 · 13 of 18 predictions came trueHome Invasion, 2010: a black-and-white New York street fair where shoppers carry rifles, a Black Hawk helicopter drops soldiers on ropes into the crowd and an airliner flies between the towers.Home Invasion2010 · 3 of 4 predictions came trueThe Machine, 2011: a cutaway war tank whose floors hold a war room, a weapons wall, a money press, a newsroom, a voting booth, a courtroom and riot police, driven by ordinary people walking inside its wheels.The Machine2011 · 9 of 11 predictions came trueTelevised, 2010: a soldier plants a pink flag of stripes and a heart on top of a mountain of old televisions, raised like the Iwo Jima flag, with a camera on a tripod and a smashed set in the foreground.Televised2010 · 2 of 3 predictions came trueMans Reach, 2011: Leonardo's Vitruvian Man torn down the middle. One half is a judge in a gas mask in front of a dead tree, factories, a tank, burning towers and a heap of skeletons; the other half stands under a rainbow by an olive tree with a dove.Mans Reach2011 · 2 of 4 predictions came trueBalance, 2011: a pair of brass scales marked Life and Death holds two floating islands. The Life island has a mountain, river and forest; the heavier Death island is covered in refineries, skyscrapers, tanks, oil pumps and a shanty town, and tips rubbish off its edge.Balance2011 · 3 of 4 predictions came true