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30 Colorized Vintage Photos By Sebastien De Oliveira That Might Transform Your View Of History (New Pics)
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Photography is a wonderful way to capture significant moments, as well as everyday situations with less importance. In the end, photographs make our memories more vivid, and even if we struggle to recall the details of a certain event, pictures are there to help us travel back in time to that particular occasion. It’s no secret that this ability to capture the world has been used for centuries, allowing us to witness and preserve the past.
Sébastien de Oliveira has been passionate about old photographs for quite some time. You might remember our previous posts where we featured his earlier works. The French artist specializes in modernizing vintage shots by bringing them to life with vibrant colors. If you’re curious to see his latest creations, scroll down to explore his most recent works.
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#1
US Soldier Takes A Break Near Château-Thierry, France, August 1944 Life Magazine Archives
Photographed by Ralph Morse
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#2
Preparing For The Landing, 1944
Robin Roper 1 year ago
My father in law was in one of those boats D-Day 0 Hour, Omaha Beach 29th Division, 116th Reg, G Company.
#3
1940 Life Magazine “Miami & Miami Beach Winter Boom”
#4
Scrabble Inventor Alfred Butts (Left) And Promoter James Brunot Posed With Oversized Game, November 1953
Photographed by Arthur Rothstein
#7
Unemployed Men, San Francisco, 1937
Photographed by Dorothea Lange
#8
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
Photographed by David Attie
#9
Street Scene During The Liberation Of Chartres, France, August 19, 1944
American soldiers of the XXth Corps of the Third Army and some FFI with German prisoners in front of a Gothic cathedral.
John Dilligaf 1 year ago
I have to question the color choices Sebastien made when colorizing this photo. Like why did he color that American soldier wearing blue pants?
#10
15-Cent Photo Booth In The Lobby At The United Nations Service Center At Washington, D.C., December 1943
Photographed by Esther Bubley
#11
Al Anderson And Ot Huston, 1910
Photographed by Lora Webb Nichols
#12
Joan Crawford In 'Letty Lynton,' 1932
Directed by Clarence Brown
Iván Galarraga 1 year ago
Early prototype of a Federation transporter. She is about to beam up
#14
Girl Posing, 1955
#15
Opel Kapitan, 1951
#16
Buster Keaton And His Dog, 1929
#17
Demonstration Of The Correct Procedure In Applying Street Makeup In A Home Management Class At Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington, D. C., October 1943
Photographed by Esther Bubley
#19
Traffic Officer Ticketing A Badly Parked Car On The Champs-Elysées, Paris
#20
Ava Gardner In The '40s
#22
Jean Harlow In 'Dinner At Eight,' 1932
#23
Young Texas Couple At The Junior Chamber Of Commerce Dance During The San Angelo Fat Stock Show
Photographed by Russell Lee
#24
Model Floating In The Water At Weeki Wachee Spring, Florida, 1947
Photographed by Toni Frissell
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
The coloured one is more realistic, but I like the moodiness of the black and white one.
#25
Actress Ida Lupino Photographed On The Street, 1940s
#26
Cowhand At The Quarter Circle ‘U’ Brewster-Arnold Ranch, Montana, June 1939
Photographed by Arthur Rothstein
#27
A Greyhound Bus Trip From Louisville, Kentucky, To Memphis, Tennessee, And The Terminals, September 1943
Photographed by Esther Bubley
#28
Dancers At An Elk’s Club Dance, The "Cleanest Dance In Town," Washington D.c., April 1943
Photographed by Esther Bubley
#29
Marines In Training On Tank - Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, c. 1943
Photographed by Roger Smith
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What do you think ?
Travelling Stranger 1 year ago
this is just a personal interpretation, and in general a falsification, they'd be better left as they were so everyone could form their own idea what those things / people / places really looked like, which would still be better than getting lured by the retoucher's pigments of imagination
veirdbuttrue 1 year ago
Personally I like the colorisation. It brings many of the photos to life.
Travelling Stranger 1 year ago
this is just a personal interpretation, and in general a falsification, they'd be better left as they were so everyone could form their own idea what those things / people / places really looked like, which would still be better than getting lured by the retoucher's pigments of imagination
veirdbuttrue 1 year ago
Personally I like the colorisation. It brings many of the photos to life.
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