Sarah Gilbert 

Historical photographs get a ‘colorized’ makeover – in pictures

Do historic photographs look better in colour? The colorizers think so. Skilled digital artists such as Sanna Dullaway and Jordan J Lloyd are keen to remind us that the past was as colourful as the present – and their message is spreading though Reddit and Facebook.• Read Jon Henley on the colorizers
  
  


Civil Rights Movement: The March on Washington, 1963.
Civil rights movement: The march on Washington, 1963. Photograph: Warren K Leffler/Library of Congress Photograph: Warren K Leffler/Library of Congress/Library of Congress
The March on Washington 1963, Colourisation from a black and white 35mm Film Negative, courtesy of the Library of Congress.
The march on Washington 1963. Colorization from a black and white 35mm film negative, courtesy of the Library of Congress, by Jordan J Lloyd/Dynamichrome Photograph: Jordan J Lloyd/Dynamichrome/Dynamichrome
Three farmers break into a bottle of Old Milwaukee, a brand of dry lager, 1941
Three farmers swig bottles of Old Milwaukee lager, 1941 Photograph: Arthur Siegel/Library of Congress Photograph: Arthur Siegel/Library of Congress/Library of Congress
Colourisation from a black and white negative nitrate, courtesy of the Library of Congress
Colorization from a black and white negative nitrate, courtesy of the Library of Congress, by Jordan J Lloyd/Dynamichrome Photograph: Jordan J Lloyd/Dynamichrome/Dynamichrome
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A nuclear weapon test by the United States military at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, on 25 July 1946. Photograph: Library Of Congress Photograph: Library Of Congress
Colorization of the Bikini Atoll nuclear explosion by Sanna Dullaway.
Colorization of the Bikini Atoll nuclear explosion by Sanna Dullaway. Photograph: Sanna Dullaway
The Great Depression: a country store in North Carolina July 1939
The Great Depression: a country store in North Carolina, July 1939 Photograph: Dorothea Lange/Library Of Congress Photograph: Dorothea Lange/Library Of Congress/Library Of Congress
A lazy Sunday at a country store in North Carolina. The storeowner's brother stands in the doorway.
A lazy Sunday at a country store in North Carolina. The store owner's brother stands in the doorway. Colorized by Jordan J Lloyd/Dynamichrome Photograph: Jordan J Lloyd/Dynamichrome/Dynamichrome
Abraham Lincoln circa 1863 Colourized
Abraham Lincoln circa 1863. Photograph: Library of Congress Photograph: Library of Congress
Abraham Lincoln circa 1863.
Abraham Lincoln circa 1863, in colour. Colorized by: Sanna Dullaway Photograph: Sanna Dullaway
American Civil War: Union Capt. Cunningham, 1863.
American Civil War: Union Captain Cunningham, 1863. Photograph: Library of Congress Photograph: Library of Congress
American Civil War: Union Capt. Cunningham, 1863. Colourisation from a black and white wet collodion glass plate.
American Civil War: Union Captain Cunningham, 1863, in blue. Colorization from a black and white wet collodion glass plate by Jordan J Lloyd/Dynamichrome Photograph: Jordan J Lloyd/Dynamichrome/Dynamichrome
Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk, burns himself to death on a Saigon street June 11, 1963 to protest alleged persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government.
Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk, burns himself to death on a Saigon street, June 11 1963. Photograph: Malcolm Brown/AP Photograph: Malcolm Brown/AP/AP
Colourised photo Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk, burns himself to death on a Saigon street to protest alleged persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government.
Colorized photograph of Quang Duc's self-immolation by Sanna Dullaway Photograph: Sanna Dullaway
South Vietnamese National Police Chief Brig Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a single pistol shot in the head in Saigon, Vietnam on Feb. 1, 1968.
South Vietnamese National Police Chief Brigadier General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a single pistol shot in the head in Saigon, Vietnam on 1 February, 1968. Photograph: Eddie Adams/AP Photograph: Eddie Adams/AP/AP
Carrying a pistol and wearing civilian clothes, the Vietcong guerrilla was captured near Quang Pagoda,
The execution of a a Viet Cong officer, colorized by Sanna Dullaway Photograph: Sanna Dullaway
A portrait from Dorothea Lange's documentation of the Great Depression. Pictured is a resettled farm child from Taos Junction to the Bosque Farms project - a piece of land acquired by the Federal Resettlement Administration that year to house Dust Bowl refugees.
A portrait from Dorothea Lange's documentation of the Great Depression. Pictured is a resettled farm child from Taos Junction to the Bosque Farms project – a piece of land acquired by the Federal Resettlement Administration that year to house Dust Bowl refugees. Photograph: Dorothea Lange/Library of Congress Photograph: Dorothea Lange/Library of Congress/Library of Congress
Dorothea Lange's documentation of the Great Depression. Colourised
Dorothea Lange's documentation of the Great Depression. Colorized by Jordan J Lloyd/Dynamichrome Photograph: Jordan J Lloyd/Dynamichrome/Dynamichrome
 

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