Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

Categories: History | Photo project |

When we think about the past, we often imagine it in black and white. After all, most of the photos taken in the first half of the XX century and earlier are black and white, and there is a catch in this: looking at them, it's easy to forget that there were other colors at that time.

But we have the opportunity to look at history in a new way thanks to the artist Marina Amaral, who paints historical photos very realistically. Combining a flair for visual aesthetics and excellent Photoshop skills, Marina masterfully revives the past.

Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

The effect of colorization presents to us the affairs of bygone days as something much closer than we used to think, and allows a modern audience to experience historical footage more emotionally.

On her website , the artist notes: "When we look at a black-and-white photo that has become colored, we get the impression that we are living this moment again." Just look at the photo below to understand what she means.

Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

Buddhist monk sets himself on fire in protest against government policy, South Vietnam, 1963.

Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

Victims of American bombing.

Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

A French boy meets Indian soldiers.

Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

Abraham Lincoln.

Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

The pilot of an airmail plane.

Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

Broad Street, New York.

Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

Elvis Presley with his wife Priscilla and daughter Lisa Maria.

Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

French boys look at the German Panther tank that was hit.

Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

John and Jacqueline Kennedy.

Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

Prisoners of the Webbelin concentration camp.

Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

Doctors of the 5th and 6th Engineering special brigades of the USA.

Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

Polish refugees.

Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

Drink Dr Pepper!

Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

Winston Churchill.

Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

Canadian soldiers during World War II.

Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

Unemployed in San Francisco.

Unknown past, how color enlivens historical photos

The team of the M10 anti-tank self-propelled artillery installation ("Wolverine").

     

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