Artist Colorizes Old Photos, And It Might Change The Way You Perceive History (50 Best Pics)

Photographs have a unique way of preserving memories, freezing moments that might otherwise fade with time. While old photos allow us to glimpse the past, their black-and-white nature can sometimes make those moments feel distant and hard to relate to.

That’s where digital artist Sébastien de Oliveira steps in. Using Photoshop, he carefully restores and colorizes historical photographs, bringing new life and realism to images from another era. His work makes the people and moments in these photos feel closer, more vivid, and easier to connect with.

Scroll down to explore a selection of Sébastien’s best colorized images and see history through a fresh perspective.

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#1 Us Soldier Takes A Break Near Château-Thierry, France, August 1944 Life Magazine Archives

Artist Colorizes Old Photos, And It Might Change The Way You Perceive History (50 Best Pics)

Artist Colorizes Old Photos, And It Might Change The Way You Perceive History (50 Best Pics)

#1 Us Soldier Takes A Break Near Château-Thierry, France, August 1944 Life Magazine Archives

#2 Amelia Earhart With Her Cord 812 Phaeton Car And Her Lockheed Airplane, 1937

#3 Sergeant Franklin Williams, Home On Leave From Army Duty, With His Girlfriend Ellen Hardin, Splitting An Ice Cream, Baltimore, Maryland, March 1942

#4 A Woman Driving A Sports Car Around Hollywood With Thor The Great Dane Riding Shotgun, 1961. Photographed By Ralph Crane

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#7 Frida Kahlo On A Small Boat At Xochimilco, Mexico, Photographed In 1936

#8 Actress Sophia Loren, Rome, 1963

#9 James Stewart On The Phone At His Father’s Hardware Store, 1945. Photographed By Peter Stackpole

#10 Preparing For The Landing, 1944

#11 1940 Life Magazine “Miami & Miami Beach Winter Boom”

#12 A Young Girl Read A Comic Book At A Supermarket, Anchorage, Alaska, 1958

#13 Amelia Earhart, Photographed In 1932

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#15 People In Vale, Oregon, For The Fourth Of July Celebration

#16 Scrabble Inventor Alfred Butts (Left) And Promoter James Brunot Posed With Oversized Game, November 1953

#17 Three Women Eating Spaghetti On Inflatable Mattresses At Capri, 1939. Photographed By Hamilton Wright

#18 John Fitzgerald Kennedy And Jackie Kennedy In 1953

#19 Photographer Harry Adams Stands With A Young Woman In Front Of His Barbershop. Los Angeles, 1956

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#21 Moulin Rouge, Paris, 1925

#22 Civil Air Patrol Student, Taking A Sunbath At The Silver Lake Airfield, Baker California, 1944

#23 Marilyn Monroe Reading, Beverly Carlton Hotel Los Angeles, 1952

#24 Brigitte Bardot In A Boat, 1959

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#26 Jardin Des Tuileries, Paris, May 1923

#27 Actress Clara Bow Photographed In 1927

#28 Teenage Girls And Boys Train For Defense Work Made Possible By Tva At A National Administration School. Knoxville, Tennessee, June 1942

#29 Manis The Orangutan And Clint Eastwood, Behind The Scenes Of The Film “Every Which Way But Loose ” By James Fargo (1978)

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#31 Unemployed Men, San Francisco, 1937

#32 1947 Ford Bubble Glass Top

#33 James Dean And Elizabeth Taylor Taking A Break From Filming “Giant” In June 1955

#34 Hal And Betty Takier, Jitterbug Dancing 1938

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#36 Puppeteers Daniel Seagren (Left) And Jim Henson (Center) Holding And Working Ernie, And Frank Oz (Right) With Bert In A ‘Sesame Street’ Rehearsal, C. 1970

#37 Sunset On The Place De La Concorde, Paris, 1960

#38 Street View, July 1958

#39 February 9, 1927. Washington, D.c. Miss Grace Wagner, Central High School

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#41 Street Scene During The Liberation Of Chartres, France, August 19, 1944

#42 Traffic Officer Ticketing A Badly Parked Car On The Champs Elysées, Paris. Photographed In 1960

#43 Pedestrians On Broadway Look Through A Restaurant Window To Watch A Cook Prepare A Pot Of Spaghetti. New York, 1937

#44 Marilyn Monroe In The Henry Hathaway’s Film “Niagara”, 1953

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#46 15-Cent Photo Booth In The Lobby At The United Nations Service Center At Washington, D.c., December 1943

#47 Rita Hayworth, Photographed In 1941 By George Hurrel

#48 Teenagers Walking In The Fallen Leaves, 1940s

#49 James Dean Signs Autographs In His Car In Marfa, Texas, Photographed By Richard C. Miller, In July 1955

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