Khalifa Jayy
Banned
A short time ago I posted colourized photos of the inside of the Hindenburg, and I was at a loss at how "real" the whole thing now felt. Well, today I stumbled upon this gallery courtesy of a lot of the fine folks over at /r/ColorizedHistory at Reddit. It's a collection of quite a few "well-known" historical photos that have been colorized. Check it out here:
http://imgur.com/a/Qb8Ts?gallery
Some of these literally give the pictures new life and paint them in a new light. The past doesn't seem so detached any more when I see these. Is it because color is so closely associated with life? When someone dies, they go pale, for example.
Sharon Tate (actress murdered by Manson family)
View from capitol (Nashville, TN) during civil war
Cab Stand @ Madison Square Garden (c.1900)
Broadway in Saratoga Springs (c.1915)
Protest against integration of African-American students in Little Rock (1958)
Many, many, many more at the link.
Some descriptions and colorization credit here: http://www.reddit.com/r/interesting...known_black_and_white_historical_photographs/
What do you guys feel when you see these? Does it feel any different at all? Is the colorization too jarring? I know the paleness makes it feel artificial, but the colorization somehow allows me to relate to these people as fellow humans, not just "historical figures."
http://imgur.com/a/Qb8Ts?gallery
Some of these literally give the pictures new life and paint them in a new light. The past doesn't seem so detached any more when I see these. Is it because color is so closely associated with life? When someone dies, they go pale, for example.
Sharon Tate (actress murdered by Manson family)
View from capitol (Nashville, TN) during civil war
Cab Stand @ Madison Square Garden (c.1900)
Broadway in Saratoga Springs (c.1915)
Protest against integration of African-American students in Little Rock (1958)
Many, many, many more at the link.
Some descriptions and colorization credit here: http://www.reddit.com/r/interesting...known_black_and_white_historical_photographs/
What do you guys feel when you see these? Does it feel any different at all? Is the colorization too jarring? I know the paleness makes it feel artificial, but the colorization somehow allows me to relate to these people as fellow humans, not just "historical figures."