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Thousands Of Hours Later, Here Are 30 Old Black & White Photos Of Famous And Ordinary People That I Colorized
Hi, my name is Mario Unger. I live in Austria with my wife and I have 2 grown-up children. I work as a photographer, photoshop artist, musician, and mentalist on stage.
I am submitting my work to Bored Panda for the second time. I'm very glad about this and want to share the latest colorizations I have done.
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#1
Actress Marie Doro, 1902
Final score:
45points
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#2
Ella Fitzgerald, 1946, Photography By William P. Gottlieb
Final score:
42points
#3
Actress And Singer Svea Textorius, 1910
Final score:
41points
#5
Oscar Wilde, 1882
Final score:
35points
#6
Christmas Truce, 1914
Final score:
35points
#7
Female War Workers Feed The Charcoal Kilns Used For Purifying Sugar At The Glebe Sugar Refinery Co., Greenock, Scotland, 1918
Final score:
35points
#8
Wolf Robe, Cheyenne Indian Chief, 1904
Final score:
32points
#9
Albert Einstein, His Wife Elsa And Charlie Chaplin At The Premiere Of "City Lights" In Los Angeles, 1931
Final score:
31points
#11
An Eleven-Year-Old Frida Kahlo By Guillermo Kahlo, June 15, 1919
Final score:
30points
Cathy Baker 5 years ago
Guillermo Kahlo was a fantastic photographer! Back in 2010, I think it was, there was an exhibit at the Museo de la Ciudad de México highlighting photos he'd taken in the early 1900s of famous areas and landmarks in Mexico City. Exactly 100 years later a photographer, using the same model of camera shot those exact same photos, making a lovely exposition of side by side photos with 100 years between them.
Koalamonster 5 years ago
Wow- that is an intense looking child. Very striking- and very intense.
#12
Sir Winston Churchill
Final score:
28points
#13
Georges Méliès, Montparnasse Station In Paris, 1920s
Final score:
28points
Chicago Kitty 5 years ago
It's amazing but in the black in white photo, I didn't even notice the shopkeeper. In the colorized photo, he's the first thing I noticed.
#14
Warsaw Ghetto, Poland, Photo By Joel Bellviure
Final score:
27points
#17
Sitting Bull By D.F. Barry, 1883, Dakota Territory
Final score:
24points
#18
A Young Mexican Farm Worker Plays Guitar And Sings In A Coachella Valley Labor Camp, 1935. Photographer Dorothea Lange, Gelatin Silver Print, Collection Of Oakland Museum Of California
Final score:
24points
#19
An Old Navajo Brave Huddled In A Blanket, Ca. 1901
Final score:
24points
#20
Destitute Pea Pickers In California. Mother Of Seven Children. Age Thirty-Two. Nipomo, California
Final score:
24points
#22
American Soldier Opening Red Cross Christmas Box, 1917
Final score:
23points
#23
Two Nasa Engineers Test A Scale Model Of A Saturn I Rocket In A Wind Tunnel, 1960s
Final score:
21points
#24
Sigmund Freud By Max Halberstadt,1920
Final score:
21points
#25
Peter Tchaikovsky
Final score:
21points
Belandriel 5 years ago
Every time I see colorized black and white photos, I always feel like a hundred years was just yesterday and a lifetime is gone in a blink of an eye...
#26
The Three Polar Stars, 1913
Final score:
20points
#27
North American B-25s Flies Past Mount Vesuvius Which Erupted On The 18th March 1944, Destroying The Village San Sebastiano & San Giorge, Killing 57
Final score:
20points
#28
Launch Of Steamer Frank J. Hecker, September 2, 1905, St. Clair, Michigan
Final score:
19points
#29
Samuel Morse, 1865
Final score:
19points
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What do you think ?
Bored Alchemist 5 years ago
I've always wondered how these artists found the right colour to restore these photographs
Nancy Jenuwine 5 years ago
Excellent! Great skills - especially removing the scratches (pic. 21)
vita ariztegui 5 years ago
lot of work in the GENTRIFYING direction. most colours are artificial. just a personal interpretation of yours, mario, here in the XXI century.
misteriosa 5 years ago
I think these are very well done and I upvoted all 89 of them, love them all. My personal preferences are a little bit in those that seem realistic as if they are seen now, but I prefer normal photographs with true colors as well. That doesn't take away the quality of the others though, I really enjoyed going through the whole thread. Good luck in your further work :)
Tahani 5 years ago
Very beautifully done! I am curious however, how do you decide on fabric colors? Sure military outfits and the like would have been described, but for regular garments? Is there a way to tell given the grayscale or is it just whatever you think suits best? Thanks!!
Mario Unger (Post author) 5 years ago
Just personal taste and feel for colors :)
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Fred Baumann 4 years ago
I'm a new co-editor of the Military Postal History Society Bulletin, published for 300+ members. Sadly, the last editor died in December. I have a column with a letter from a sergeant "at the Vesuvius Aerodrome southeast of Naples" to his family in California. It is the scene in your "North American B-25s Flies Past Mount Vesuvius Which Erupted On The 18th March 1944." I first saw it with (c) mario unger @ mediadrumworld.com, which is how I found you! Your image is so dramatic and powerful I had to ask if you might consider allowing us to use it and credit you as you wish in our “new” journal. If you allow, we would love to make it front cover photo. That’s not much honor for a highly skilled artist, but it is all I can offer. (No one has paid me yet!) If you agree, we would love to feature your work again. I also like your image of a World War I U.S. soldier with a Christmas box, rolling a smoke!
Ana Miranda @ Lisbon, Portugal 5 years ago
Wow! Fantastic work. Colours bring things to life. Congrats Mario
Bored Alchemist 5 years ago
I've always wondered how these artists found the right colour to restore these photographs
Nancy Jenuwine 5 years ago
Excellent! Great skills - especially removing the scratches (pic. 21)
vita ariztegui 5 years ago
lot of work in the GENTRIFYING direction. most colours are artificial. just a personal interpretation of yours, mario, here in the XXI century.
misteriosa 5 years ago
I think these are very well done and I upvoted all 89 of them, love them all. My personal preferences are a little bit in those that seem realistic as if they are seen now, but I prefer normal photographs with true colors as well. That doesn't take away the quality of the others though, I really enjoyed going through the whole thread. Good luck in your further work :)
Tahani 5 years ago
Very beautifully done! I am curious however, how do you decide on fabric colors? Sure military outfits and the like would have been described, but for regular garments? Is there a way to tell given the grayscale or is it just whatever you think suits best? Thanks!!
Mario Unger (Post author) 5 years ago
Just personal taste and feel for colors :)
Load More Replies... Fred Baumann 4 years ago
I'm a new co-editor of the Military Postal History Society Bulletin, published for 300+ members. Sadly, the last editor died in December. I have a column with a letter from a sergeant "at the Vesuvius Aerodrome southeast of Naples" to his family in California. It is the scene in your "North American B-25s Flies Past Mount Vesuvius Which Erupted On The 18th March 1944." I first saw it with (c) mario unger @ mediadrumworld.com, which is how I found you! Your image is so dramatic and powerful I had to ask if you might consider allowing us to use it and credit you as you wish in our “new” journal. If you allow, we would love to make it front cover photo. That’s not much honor for a highly skilled artist, but it is all I can offer. (No one has paid me yet!) If you agree, we would love to feature your work again. I also like your image of a World War I U.S. soldier with a Christmas box, rolling a smoke!
Ana Miranda @ Lisbon, Portugal 5 years ago
Wow! Fantastic work. Colours bring things to life. Congrats Mario
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