Ever wondered how Abraham Lincoln might look in full-color as opposed to those old grainy black and whites? Here’s your chance!
Time Magazine “commissioned” Sanna Dullaway to colorize a series of Lincoln pictures, who, at the age of 22, only started colorizing photos last year when an experiment with the cover art of Rage Against the Machine’s debut album went viral.
Looking at the images, it’s amazing how much more “human” Lincoln appears when you can see him in full color. Sanna’s work is pretty stinking incredible. Of course, these colorizations aren’t 100% accurate. There really isn’t any way to know exactly what tone Lincoln’s face should have or what color tie he wore, but it’s still nice to see someone’s best guest and allow it to make history come alive.
As a student of history and a techie by training, I love it when the two combine to produce awesomeness like this! It makes history present, and it excites the mind to think that those great ones who came before us weren’t that different from us today.
You can see other iconic photos turned color on the Time Magazine website and learn more about Sanna’s work on his website.
[via Time]
Reuben Urias says
I was just thinking the other day how cool it would be to see a colorization of a portrait of Washington! I wonder … Good find! Thanks!
Phil Schneider says
Thanks for the comment, Reuben.