We first saw this series of famous black and white photographs made new with a little recoloring over at Thaeger. While the concept isn’t earth-shattering, the results are pretty amazing — taking moments from the history books and reinventing them for a new generation. How else are we to fully appreciate Albert Einstein’s smart sweater, or Charlie Chaplin’s baby face, sans mustache? The portraits in Sanna Dullaway’s series have that reach out and touch quality, and the iconic “event” pictures breathe new life into each memorable moment. Margaret Bourke-White’s photo of the breadline during the Louisville flood in 1937 has been reprinted in blurry black and white so many times, it’s refreshing to actually see the expressions on each person’s face. Meanwhile, Alfred Eisenstaedt’s V-J Day in Times Square circa 1945 proves that making out is always better in color. Click through for a closer look at select photos from the series.
Mark Twain. Image credit: Sanna Dullaway
Anne Frank. Image credit: Sanna Dullaway
Charlie Chaplin. Image credit: Sanna Dullaway
Charles Darwin. Image credit: Sanna Dullaway
Abraham Lincoln. Image credit: Sanna Dullaway
Comments (8)
These are superb, are you/we able to access full HD images?
These are NOT superb. Leave the beautiful originals alone. Remember those awful “comprised” films? Awful!
“Comprised” was meant to be “colorized.” Auto correct strikes again.
amazing. color breathes such live into the images. well done!
Why in the WORLD are most of the words in the preceding comments blacked out?
The words are blocked out because of SOPA SOPA SOPA and PIPA PIPA PIPA! Losing our freedom!
Terrible blue suit, Abe Lincoln, style and vision are clearly not dependent on each other!
How would they ever know what color they were wearing? Or what skin tones they truly were?
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