{"id":13015,"date":"2012-02-17T15:32:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T15:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/?p=13015"},"modified":"2012-02-11T00:32:35","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T00:32:35","slug":"adding-color-to-epic-black-and-white-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/adding-color-to-epic-black-and-white-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Color To Epic Black And White Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is a selection of the world’s most famous black and white photographs – images that have marked some of the most important and shocking events in the history – from Thich Quang Duc’s self-immolation to the atomic mushroom cloud. \u00a0These pictures certainly speak more than a thousand words: they stir emotions whether they depict poverty, racism and the horrors of war, or something as uplifting and joyous as the famous WWII kiss in Times Square.<\/p>\n

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One ingenious individual decided that adding color to these pictures could make them even more powerful and add a new layer of depth and relevance that these iconic images. \u00a0With the clever application of photo-editing software portraits of Che Guevara, Churchill or Darwin look more recent and contemporary – erasing the patina of decades that have passed since these were taken.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the before and after photos of famous historical figures and events.<\/p>\n

\"\"Alfred Hitchcock<\/p>\n

\"\"Anne Frank<\/p>\n

\"\"Charlie Chaplin<\/p>\n

\"\"Winston Churchhill<\/p>\n

\"\"Che Guevara<\/p>\n

\"\"Charles Darwin<\/p>\n

\"\"Abraham Lincoln<\/p>\n

\"\"Mark Twein<\/p>\n

\"\"Theodore Rosevelt<\/p>\n

\"\"Titanic<\/p>\n

\"\"Workers waiting in line<\/p>\n

\"\"Times square kiss<\/p>\n

Do you, as the viewer, feel that the addition of color adds a new dimension to these photographs? Or does it diminish the sense of history and legend that accompanies these stirring images?<\/p>\n

Check out these photos made using lights<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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