Historic photos colorized

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Mfrankfort

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Ya. Not sure how I feel about that. Mixed feelings I guess. Some pictures loose a sense of self for me, but works in others. Interesting none the less.
 
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Dave_W

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Don Kuykendall said:
I really have mixed feelings about changing historical photos or films to color. They did a great job with these and I have to agree about Audrey Hepburn and Liz Taylor, those two looked great.
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Yes, Audrey is perhaps the most beautiful woman ever to have her reflective light waves trapped on celluloid.....except, of course, my wife (whew, that was close! ;))
 
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piperbarb

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Don Kuykendall said:
I really have mixed feelings about changing historical photos or films to color. They did a great job with these and I have to agree about Audrey Hepburn and Liz Taylor, those two looked great.
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Don,

I understand how you feel. It really bothered me when Ted Turner bought out the old MGM movie library and started colorizing many of the B&W movies. I remember the uproar in the news, especially from movie buffs, when that occurred.

I have no problems when old vintage prints were hand-colored originally when the print was made (i have a photo of my father that was taken when he was 5 and hand-colored as part of the photo - that's okay), but I do not want to see old B&W photos that were meant to be B&W only colorized, like the above mentioned MGM B&W movies.
 
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Bill16

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I also find it a both cool and disturbing at the same time. But if I had to choose one way or the other, I have to say I prefer them to stay original B&W. But it is cool to see the comparison! :)
 
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Sandpatch

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Some I hadn't before seen in any format. The one of the little boy in London during the blitz is particularly moving to me.
 
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john*thomas

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It is difficult to take a position here. Some of these are incredibly iconic pictures that you hate to see changed but on the other hand the color does bring something to the pictures.

I was never a huge fan of Audrey Hepburn but I am of that picture. It's a great picture of her. The story behind the picture of Goebbels doesn't hold the same meaning without that picture.

The first picture of the migrant worker during the depression has always been one of my favorite pictures of all time. Despite the portrayal of how hard things were for these folks I can't help but think "What a lucky bastard". Young and healthy with a beautiful wife. He has little in the way of things but by the look on his face you get the idea that he has the world by the balls.

Do you change such incredible photo's? I don't know but either way they are incredible photo's.
 
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