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Artist Colorizes Old Photos, And It Might Change The Way You Perceive History (50 Best Pics)
Photographs have a unique way of preserving memories, freezing moments that might otherwise fade with time. While old photos allow us to glimpse the past, their black-and-white nature can sometimes make those moments feel distant and hard to relate to.
That’s where digital artist Sébastien de Oliveira steps in. Using Photoshop, he carefully restores and colorizes historical photographs, bringing new life and realism to images from another era. His work makes the people and moments in these photos feel closer, more vivid, and easier to connect with.
Scroll down to explore a selection of Sébastien’s best colorized images and see history through a fresh perspective.
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#1
Amelia Earhart With Her Cord 812 Phaeton Car And Her Lockheed Airplane, 1937
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James Stewart On The Phone At His Father’s Hardware Store, 1945. Photographed By Peter Stackpole
#3
Sergeant Franklin Williams, Home On Leave From Army Duty, With His Girlfriend Ellen Hardin, Splitting An Ice Cream, Baltimore, Maryland, March 1942
#4
A Woman Driving A Sports Car Around Hollywood With Thor The Great Dane Riding Shotgun, 1961. Photographed By Ralph Crane
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Frida Kahlo On A Small Boat At Xochimilco, Mexico, Photographed In 1936
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Three Women Eating Spaghetti On Inflatable Mattresses At Capri, 1939. Photographed By Hamilton Wright
#16
Manis The Orangutan And Clint Eastwood, Behind The Scenes Of The Film "Every Which Way But Loose " By James Fargo (1978)
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Scrabble Inventor Alfred Butts (Left) And Promoter James Brunot Posed With Oversized Game, November 1953
#26
Photographer Harry Adams Stands With A Young Woman In Front Of His Barbershop. Los Angeles, 1956
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Civil Air Patrol Student, Taking A Sunbath At The Silver Lake Airfield, Baker California, 1944
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Teenage Girls And Boys Train For Defense Work Made Possible By Tva At A National Administration School. Knoxville, Tennessee, June 1942
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Puppeteers Daniel Seagren (Left) And Jim Henson (Center) Holding And Working Ernie, And Frank Oz (Right) With Bert In A 'Sesame Street' Rehearsal, C. 1970
#44
Traffic Officer Ticketing A Badly Parked Car On The Champs Elysées, Paris. Photographed In 1960
#45
Pedestrians On Broadway Look Through A Restaurant Window To Watch A Cook Prepare A Pot Of Spaghetti. New York, 1937
#47
15-Cent Photo Booth In The Lobby At The United Nations Service Center At Washington, D.c., December 1943
#49
James Dean Signs Autographs In His Car In Marfa, Texas, Photographed By Richard C. Miller, In July 1955
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Ace 3 hours ago
Mostly unnecessary, mostly much more evocative in the original B&W, mostly unrealistically over-coloured to the level of 'tacky'.
Apatheist Account2 1 hour ago (edited)
Agreed, some of them end up looking like 19th-century posters, and the colours are either shades of brown or bright primary. They still haven't quite got this process right.
Load More Replies... Ace 3 hours ago
Mostly unnecessary, mostly much more evocative in the original B&W, mostly unrealistically over-coloured to the level of 'tacky'.
Apatheist Account2 1 hour ago (edited)
Agreed, some of them end up looking like 19th-century posters, and the colours are either shades of brown or bright primary. They still haven't quite got this process right.
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