Are Colorized Photos Rewriting History?

Really, all black and white photos are not accurate.. because, well the world was not black and white. With tons of pictures floating around, it is easy to mix up the dates and captions. (We do that at home ) "Was it 60 years ago, or 70??? hmmmm..whatever!" We used to joke to the kids that we lived in a black and white world.

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If it's not highly technical, I think colorized photos add a lot to certain pictures and make them more
interesting.....eg: The Civil War Union soldiers and Mark Twain's portrait. Even though we know that
color photography wasn't invented at that time.
 
Black and white photographs still have a role to play in our ever changing world.

However digital equipment has allowed us all access to instant photography and even little children are able to enjoy it.
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Black and white magic.

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Back in the days of "real" photography I remember my father colorizing B&W photos with special dyes and fine brushes. Nothing about this new save the technology.
 
marinaio said:
Back in the days of "real" photography I remember my father colorizing B&W photos with special dyes and fine brushes. Nothing about this new save the technology.
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My Aunt worked for a photographer, and colored portrait photos by hand. I think the major difference was in their striving for accuracy in the colors. She worked from a form that indicated her eye, hair, clothing colors etc. She was not just pushing & clicking buttons, and it took time. The results were usually very pleasing.
 
I have a photograph, A4 size, that was taken about 80 years ago that has been coloured by hand. It's exquisite. It looks like a water colour painting and is quite fresh and colourful after all these years.
 

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