For some photography is a passion. And this passion is almost two centuries old. From black and white to color, from reel cameras to today’s digital cameras, the photography has evolved. We share with you the colorized versions of some of the famous historical photographs.
The flourishing of subreddit gathers the people sharing the same passion. Among the most exciting, one of the sections of this blog relates to Colorized History which combines photo and history enthusiasts, and talented digital artists who bring to life the historical black and white photos by colorizing them.
If these photographs of the nineteenth century may look to you dull and gloomy, do not forget that our ancestors had the same photographs. Discover now the talented colorists offering a new look at the history of photography.
1. An abandoned in the middle of the war boy hugging a plush London 1945
Original photo by Toni Frissel / colorized by HansLucifer
2. The crash of the Hindenburg, May 6, 1937
Photo colorized by Dana Keller
3. Japanese archers, 1860
Photo colorized by Jordan J.Lloyd
4. View from the Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee, during the Civil War, 1864
Photo colorized by Sanna Dullaway
5. A car accident in Washington, DC, 1921
Photo colorized by Sanna Dullaway
6. Big Jay McNeely in full frenzy of crowd at Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1953
Original photo by Bob Willoughby / colorized by trachea
7. Albert Einstein, Summer 1939, Long Island, New York
8. “Old Gold” country store, 1939
Original photo by Dorothea Lange / colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd
9. Joseph Goebbels looking suspiciously towards photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt after discovering that he was a Jew, 1933
Original Photo by Time & Life Pictures / colorized by zuzahin
10. Nikola Tesla, 1893
Original photo by Napoleon Sarony / colorized by Dana Keller
11. WH Murphy and his partner test their bullet-proof vest, October 13, 1923
Original Photo by National Photo Company / colorized by zuzahin
12. A young boy in the slums of Baltimore, July 1938
Original photo by John Vachon / colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd
13. British soldiers happy aboard their train to their first training before joining the front, 1939
Photo colorized by BenAfflekIsAnOkActor
14. Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway, 1880
Photo colorized by Sanna Dullaway
15. Walt Whitman, 1887
Photo colorized by Dana Keller
16. Mark Twain in a garden, 1900
Photo colorized by zuzahin
17. Charlie Chaplin at the age of 27, 1916
Photo colorized by BenAfflekIsAnOkActor
It’s impressive to see how these pictures found a second youth! Some editors think that color retouching does not effect the authenticity of the original black and white photographs. What is your opinion in this regard?