Colourised Photographs

[pastafreak]

These are a fascinating look into the past...early 20thc photos of immigrants and Black Americans.
I like seeing the contrast of the black and white originals with the colouriser's rendition...via research...of what they may have looked like and worn.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5454717/Colorized-Nebraska-photos.html#comments

[jno]

Maybe ... But we just don't know whether those were the colours or not. I enjoy the pictures but I couldn't trust them.

[pastafreak]

It says in the article that the colouriser researches the period regarding clothing and what colours were popular.
So we might assume it's a fairly close approximation.

[Mamyalynne]

Thanks Pasta, they are so sensitively done - some aren't.

I believe they research the fabrics and dyes used at the times in certain regions to get a good representation.

[zebo]

I tend to find black and white photos more evocative than coloured, it makes one use imagination, a bit like listening to a play on the radio rather than seeing it on the TV.

[wolf63]

The photos were of a high standard to start with - very clear and in focus.

Thanks for posting - it was fun to play with the slider thingy.

[pastafreak]

I too enjoy black and white photography...while a simplified view compared to the "reality" of colour, sometimes it's far more emotional as there are fewer distractions.

[tiggerblue10]

Very interesting Pasta. I follow Marina Amaral on Twitter who also colourises black and white photos. Her photos are fascinating and brings them to life. The one of a very young Churchill is excellent.

[Ken4155]

A million years ago, back in the mid-70s, i attended a 3 month photography course at RAF Cosford in preparation for a stint on the Regimental Intelligence Section during our forthcoming 4 month tour of Northern Ireland. Everything we did in those 3 months was black and white. Not because the army were too tight to run to colour film, but because there is far more contrast and detail in black and white. Even today, i much prefer looking at b&w photographs.

[dannyk13]

My wedding photos were in black and white, but the photographer coloured one of them and the relationship to the actual colour was remarkable.

[gness]

Thanks, Pasta....those are really interesting......x

[jim360]

The alignment is slightly off and that bothers me.