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3000 Hours Later, Here Are 102 Old Black & White Photos Of Famous People That I Colorized
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Hi, my name is Mario Unger, I'm a photographer and digital artist from Austria. Last year my main work was restoring and colorizing old photographs. In this post I show some of my favorites.
The reason for doing all of this work was to reduce the felt distance in time a little bit. I love B&W photography, but for some images I think, color is needed and most of B&W photography was done for one reason, there just was no color film!
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Mulberry Street, New York, 1900
Man.. this one would have taken ages to achieve this perfection!
Adrienne Ames ("From Hell To Heaven", 1933)
Walter Catty Allen CA 1900
Maud Wagner CA 1905
Her name was Maud Wagner, she was the first known female tattoo artist in U.S.
Grace Kelly
Humphrey Bogart, "Casablanca", 1942
Texas Couple, Early 20th Century, Heavy Restoration
Evelyn Nesbit CA 1900
Why is her hair blonde? Evelyn Nesbit famously had very dark auburn hair. There are a number of photographs of her in which the harsh lighting makes it look as if her hair is lighter than it actually was, but she was ever blonde!
besides, if you look at another image from the same series, of her posing as "Thisbe", you will see her hair is definitely dark: large.jpg 
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde would be the King of Instagram if he were alive today. You all know it.
In Honor Of A Great Person. Sophia Magdalena Scholl (1921-1943). Executed 75 Years Ago By The Greatest Criminals Humanity Has Ever Seen
We could learn a lot today from these kids. Look at Sophie's face; she is absolutely down for the cause. They knew they could pay the ultimate penalty, yet they were willing to face that and do what was right in spite of that, God bless their souls.
Edmund Hillary, 1953
I refuse to believe its colored, but at the same time I know it is. You are one talented human sire!
Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski
Tsar Nikolaus Ii
Mark Twain, 1907
"Arsenic And Old Lace", 1944
This movie is hilarious, if you haven’t watched it, I highly recommend it.
Hellen Keller
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1922
Mary Badham And Gregory Peck In 'To Kill A Mockingbird' (1962)
Babe Ruth CA 1920
He was a big smoker. Babe Ruth died from nasopharyngeal carcinoma in 1948.
Silvia Sidney And Henry Fonda In "You Only Live Once" (1937)
Just a detali, really, but Fonda’s eyes were blue. But the whole selection is just fantastic :-)
Victor Hugo, 1876
One of my favorite authors. His imagery and story-telling is incredible. He was a true literary artist.
Louis And Grace
Colley, Mrs. F. & Bell, Mrs. C.M. 1901
I'mma say it. I know it was the style back in the day, and they look AWESOME, don't get me wrong. But something about them gives me a Harry Potter vibe.
Grace Kelly With Robert Cummings, Famous Bruegel Painting On The Wall
That's quite an impressive work to make the dress that shiny green. Sehr beeindruckend.
Heffner, Mrs. T.M. 1900
Grace Kelly
Sorry, but that dress was actually yellow. She wore it in the 1956 film "High Society" which was shot in Technicolor: http://www.cinestylography.com/film-style-high-society-1956/
Laurel & Hardy, 1933
Hey what are we suppose to do with these silly things now that I have pulled this piece out of it ? Hey I don't know what does NITRO mean to you ?
Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Brilliant work!
Boris Karloff As Imhotep In "The Mummy", 1932
Errol Flyn
Toulouse Lautrec
I always adored his work. But like many artists he had a sad and lonely life. He thought he was unlovable because of his short stature.
Julie Adams In "Creature From The Black Lagoon", 1954
Margaret O'Brien (1937-) In "Lost Angel" (1943)
Albert Einstein
He was a perfectionist, prone to temper, and was so into his work as are a lot of geniuses nowadays.
