Thousands Of Hours Later, Here Are 30 Old Black & White Photos Of Famous And Ordinary People That I Colorized

Why couldn't I be born in a time when frizzy hair was in-style?

Michael Jackson face

She had such beautiful skin and a dazzling smile! You can’t tell that in the black and white photo.

Such a beauty.

I like her hair dressing

Her coloring isn't right, and it changed her whole face. Ella doesn't look like that in color.

I dig this one

In this example, military uniforms are portrayed through paintings in museums, Ermitage for example keeps the family portraits of Romanov. Plus maybe they've kept his uniform.

In this picture he reminds me a little of Simon Helberg from Big Bang Theory :)

Did he just guess what the colors might be?

looks like an album cover

Nice stained glass windows

I know that had to have been godawful filthy work—-not to mention inhaling coal dust all day. I’m sure they were glad to work (WWI—-all able-bodied men were all at the front) the money came in handy, plus they could wear pants for ease of movement, but at what cost?

they look too clean for someone who work with coal

A very wise, proud, and noble face. And, as someone who has a few ancestors who came to this country early enough to take land from Native Americans, I cannot apologize enough for the attempted genocide by whites. I am so very sorry.

Even though I appreciate what Brivid said, can I still feel shame even though my ancestors did not come to the US until well after both the subjugation of Native Americans and the abolition of African slavery.

who is that an engraving of on the coin?

That's Charlie Chaplin?!

Did Chaplin have terrible teeth, or was that an added element due to creative licensing?

I like to see a photographer assistant, finnaly

masonry looks like "lowest bid".

Such a nice girl

Guillermo Kahlo was a fantastic photographer! Back in 2010, I think it was, there was an exhibit at the Museo de la Ciudad de México highlighting photos he'd taken in the early 1900s of famous areas and landmarks in Mexico City. Exactly 100 years later a photographer, using the same model of camera shot those exact same photos, making a lovely exposition of side by side photos with 100 years between them.

Wow- that is an intense looking child. Very striking- and very intense.

There's a beautiful film out by Martin Scorcese: Hugo Cabret, with Melies as a main character.

Is this one of THE Méliès brothers? The “Trip to the Moon”, film and special effects pioneers, Méliès brothers? Reduced to running a candy and toy shop 20 years later? Man, how quickly “they” forget, right?

I never knew how much black and white photography can actually hide. The color photo makes the suffering so much more plainly visible. And harder to look at.

Let's not let this happen here.

If there was snow it would make this picture even more beautiful.

This one looks more like a coloring, instead of a actual photo like the other ones.

okay sorry but this is just relly bad work her belly isn't even covered in the coloring, but it clearly is in the original photo i tought the sence of coloring black and whitephotos is to make them look more like it were in reality but this misses it completely. sorry

Looks like a cartoon.