Migrant Mother 1936 Colorization

[zkogut]

Zak, I saw this link to an Aussie that not only does colorization but then does some composite work. I thought you might find it inspiring - here is the link: Aussie photographer transforms vintage B&W photos into magical art

I've seen this guys work in the past. It very cool how he gives the image a whole new look and colorizes the originals. I don't have enough patience to colorize a whole photo and then photoshop other stuff into it. Very cool idea though.

[billtils]

Technically stunning, but it's a big "No thanks" from me - the original is iconic for the simple reason that it it works so very well on so many fronts, one of which is as a contemporaneous record, and B&W is the perfect medium for that. There's also something gritty and perhaps despairing in the original that I don't see in the colour version.

Yep, I can appreciate your work Zac, but in this case it's the B&W one that I'd hang on the wall.

[zkogut]

Technically stunning, but it's a big "No thanks" from me - the original is iconic for the simple reason that it it works so very well on so many fronts, one of which is as a contemporaneous record, and B&W is the perfect medium for that. There's also something gritty and perhaps despairing in the original that I don't see in the colour version.

Yep, I can appreciate your work Zac, but in this case it's the B&W one that I'd hang on the wall.

And I totally get that. For me it's the challenge of trying to make a B&W image look like it was taken in color. I prefer this image in color but only because I spent so much time getting it "perfect" in my eyes.

[billtils]

No problems here with that!

[rpcrowe]

Well done, as always!

[zkogut]

Well done, as always!

Thanks, Richard. You actually said a very nice comment when I originally posted this thread. I finally figured out how to keep track of stuff I post and just now responded to a few comments which rose this thread from the dead lol.

[zkogut]

If anybody has old portraits of Grandparents etc that you'd like colorized, please shoot me a message. I'm always looking for ways to keep busy in the evenings.