Artist Colorizes 30 Old Black & White Photos And It Might Change The Way You Perceive History

Photos effortlessly capture a moment in time, clarifying it into one static image that we can appreciate repeatedly. Today high-resolution photos are pretty stunning to look at in their sharp detail and vibrant color, and there is something so fascinating about looking at old black and white photographs. It’s as if they are giving a great look at the historical moments that show what life has been like over the years.

Sébastien de Oliveira is an artist who can use Photoshop to add color to old photos and bring them to life. He uses his skills to explore historical black and white photographs with vivid colors and give us an exciting look at what things are in the old days.

His colorful reproductions seem to give a closer look at the past, removing the black and white veil of distant curiosity and revealing something more familiar.

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#1 Happy Anonymous Couple, 1948

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#2 Circus Girls In Sarasota, Florida, By Nina Leen In 1949

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#3 Blue Island, Illinois. The Senise Family Going To The Movie, By Jack Delano, Feb 1943

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#4 Chicago, 1941

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#5 Jacqueline Cochran, (1906-1980), 1939

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#6 Althea Gibson Winner Of The Wimbledon Championship With Her Compatriot Darlene Hard, 1957

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#7 Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) In 1956

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#8 Cars And Girls, 1942

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#9 Parisian Girls Enjoying The Fun Fair, Paris, 1935

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#10 Family Of Cherry Pickers By John Vachon, 1940

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#11 New York In 1942, By Marjory Collins

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#12 War Time Beach On An English Coast, 1941

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#13 Rainy Day In Pittsburgh, By John Vachon, June 1941

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#14 Along The California Highway Us99, 1937. By Dorothea Lange

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#15 Saturday Afternoon In Florence, Alabama, June 1942. By Arthur Rothstein

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#16 Bar At Central Park In New York By Marjory Collins, 1942

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#17 Anonymous, France, 1967

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#18 O’reilly Bar, New York, By Marjory Collins. 1942

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#19 Washington In 1935

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#20 Marilyn Monroe Resting On The Set Of The Misfits, By Eve Arnold, 1960

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#21 Young Actresses Having A Sun Bath For A Film Promotion During The Cannes Film Festival, 1955

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#22 American Soldier Return Home After Worldwar 1, 1919

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#23 Spectators At A Race In Worthington, Maryland, By Marion Post Wolcott. 1941

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#24 Family Picnic Along The Cane River Near Natchitoches, Louisiana, By Marion Post Wolcott, 4th July 1940

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#25 Bergman, Hemphrey Bogart And Michael Curtis On The Set Of "Casablanca" 1939

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#26 Union Station, Chicago By Jack Delano, 1943

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#27 Texas, 1939

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#28 Glen Echo Park, Montgomery County, Maryland, April 1943

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#29 Waiting For The Bus, 1943

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#30 French Soldiers On Leave In Paris, Gare de l’Est, 1916

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