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This takes away from, doesn't add to, the original, which is a work of art. It would be like deciding that Bosch could've used some more perspective in his work, and so redoing his paintings to reflect what they "should have" looked like. Just because we can do something, doesn't mean we should.
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sounds_sound · 4932 days ago · link ·
I second the 'not art' opinion. Although I did just learn that we have the technology to accurately colorize old black and white images which I find fascinating. Maybe this has been around for a while? Either way, thinking of the civil war in color is fun.
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Either way, thinking of the civil war in color is fun.
I think it would also be a good way to bring history a bit closer to the present. I can understand 's point about colorization taking away from this iconic image. However, when it comes to purely historical images, it might help reduce the feeling that the B&W world is not the same one that we live in today.
Agreed (thus not tagged #art). The overall context was a bunch of historic photographs that were colorized which I am keeping a secret :))
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Actually you motivated me to do some digging and it turns out it is an "artist" who is producing all this. So scratch #computing, as well, I suppose.
But she really did a fine job here with the flames, I think: http://Mygrapefruit.deviantart.com/art/In-Colour-The-Burning... - #craft?
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She does a fine job; that's certainly not my problem with them. One can colorize any photo. Or recolor any photo that's already in color, which might actually be more interesting, because it would be an alternate take on reality, rather than ascribing one's vision of what the scene might have looked like. By doing this, its as if she is trying to help us imagine the scene and is therefore showing us what we've been missing all these years. Or perhaps she just chose these iconic images because they are public domain and she knows they would generate interest; good or bad, attention is all most artists can hope for.
