→ Historic B&W Photos Restored in Color
These colorized monochrome photos will change the way you imagine the past. Since we live and remember in color, a black-and-white image seems almost of another world. Through the process of colorization, that world becomes more familiar, easier to imagine, and easier to connect to.
Some people hate coloring old monochrome photos. It reminds me of how film lovers once attacked Ted Turner when he tried to colorize old movies. I fall down in the middle: while I definitely prefer the original monochrome photos, I can appreciate and enjoy the colorized versions. Most of these are very well done and would fool many who didn't know otherwise.
A few I like:
Go to the link to see many more, including the monochrome originals.
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Back when I had my own website, I used to post a few random links everyday or every few days, in the style of http://kottke.org or http://daringfireball.net. Readers seemed to enjoy seeing them.
To signify a link post, I'll put an arrow (→) at the beginning of the title to show you guys it is a link post and that you can skip it if such things don't interest you.
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magnificent photos!