Colorized photos

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It might come as a surprise, but it wasn't long after photography became widespread that experiments with color took place, creating vivid images which

Although we cannot get into the minds of the people waiting in a queue on a cold day in Chukotka, Soviet Union back in 1985 to get wine, or what the daredevil sky boys who built the Empire State Building in 1930-31 were thinking when balancing unsecured on the 88th floor, we can get a fairly good glimpse into the wonders of history.

The Liberation and the end of the war did not end the hardships of the Parisians. Rationing of bread continued until February 1948, and coffee, cooking

Tired of the endless series of black and white photos that were popular in the day, French banker Albert Kahn decided to do something about it. In 1909, he commissioned four photographers to take their cameras all around the world, and using Autochrome Lumière, to document in color what they saw.

Mark twain in color, circa 1900.

Mervyn O'Gorman was an English engineer whose artistic interests turned him into one of the early pioneers of color photography. Using the Autochrome

These are some of the earliest Autochrome photos showing the life in New York in the early 1900s. A Monday washing, New York City, 1900 ...

Eva and Heinz

London at the end of Victorian era was the most important city in the world. Take a tour of this city and era with these beautiful pictures of a bygone era.

The Romanov Family 1913.

Autochrome Lumiere made color photography more widely available than it had ever been before, providing a glimpse into life in the early 1900s.

One hundred and twenty years ago, the Romanov royal dynasty hosted the most extravagant and eccentric costume ball in the history of the Russian Empire. It was also the last.

I occasionally take on requests to restore damaged family photos in Photoshop. Some of these photos have suffered heavy damage, and I enjoy that particular challenge. Most are precious in one way or another to the client, and many times it’s the only photo someone has of a beloved or lost relative.

Color images of the Russian Empire in Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii’s gorgeous photos, the goofy Romanovs and Olga Shirnina stirring colorized pictures of Russians in World War 1 take us back. In this gallery we see Olga’s work on photographs from World War 2. See more of Olga Shirnina’s work on her website.