Photography is a wonderful way to capture significant moments, as well as everyday situations with less importance. In the end, photographs make our memories more vivid, and even if we struggle to recall the details of a certain event, pictures are there to help us travel back in time to that particular occasion. It’s no secret that this ability to capture the world has been used for centuries, allowing us to witness and preserve the past.
Sébastien de Oliveira has been passionate about old photographs for quite some time. You might remember our previous posts where we featured his earlier works. The French artist specializes in modernizing vintage shots by bringing them to life with vibrant colors. If you’re curious to see his latest creations, scroll down to explore his most recent works.
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#1 US Soldier Takes A Break Near Château-Thierry, France, August 1944 Life Magazine Archives
Photographed by Ralph Morse
Image source: sebcolorisation
#2 Preparing For The Landing, 1944
Image source: sebcolorisation
#3 1940 Life Magazine “Miami & Miami Beach Winter Boom”
Image source: sebcolorisation
#4 Scrabble Inventor Alfred Butts (Left) And Promoter James Brunot Posed With Oversized Game, November 1953
Photographed by Arthur Rothstein
Image source: sebcolorisation
#5 Moulin Rouge, Paris, 1925
Image source: sebcolorisation
#6 Jardin Des Tuileries, Paris, May 1923
Image source: sebcolorisation
#7 Unemployed Men, San Francisco, 1937
Photographed by Dorothea Lange
Image source: sebcolorisation
#8 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
Photographed by David Attie
Image source: sebcolorisation
#9 Street Scene During The Liberation Of Chartres, France, August 19, 1944
American soldiers of the XXth Corps of the Third Army and some FFI with German prisoners in front of a Gothic cathedral.
Image source: sebcolorisation
#10 15-Cent Photo Booth In The Lobby At The United Nations Service Center At Washington, D.C., December 1943
Photographed by Esther Bubley
Image source: sebcolorisation
#11 Al Anderson And Ot Huston, 1910
Photographed by Lora Webb Nichols
Image source: sebcolorisation
#12 Joan Crawford In ‘Letty Lynton,’ 1932
Directed by Clarence Brown
Image source: sebcolorisation
#13 Catherine Deneuve, 1964
Photographed by Giancarlo Botti
Image source: sebcolorisation
#14 Girl Posing, 1955
Image source: sebcolorisation
#15 Opel Kapitan, 1951
Image source: sebcolorisation
#16 Buster Keaton And His Dog, 1929
Image source: sebcolorisation
#17 Demonstration Of The Correct Procedure In Applying Street Makeup In A Home Management Class At Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington, D. C., October 1943
Photographed by Esther Bubley
Image source: sebcolorisation
#18 Street In New York, 1954
Photographed by Vivian Maier
Image source: sebcolorisation
#19 Traffic Officer Ticketing A Badly Parked Car On The Champs-Elysées, Paris
Image source: sebcolorisation
#20 Ava Gardner In The ’40s
Image source: sebcolorisation
#21 Actress Barbara Laage Enjoying Ice Cream In Paris, 1946
Image source: sebcolorisation
#22 Jean Harlow In ‘Dinner At Eight,’ 1932
Image source: sebcolorisation
#23 Young Texas Couple At The Junior Chamber Of Commerce Dance During The San Angelo Fat Stock Show
Photographed by Russell Lee
Image source: sebcolorisation
#24 Model Floating In The Water At Weeki Wachee Spring, Florida, 1947
Photographed by Toni Frissell
Image source: sebcolorisation
#25 Actress Ida Lupino Photographed On The Street, 1940s
Image source: sebcolorisation
#26 Cowhand At The Quarter Circle ‘U’ Brewster-Arnold Ranch, Montana, June 1939
Photographed by Arthur Rothstein
Image source: sebcolorisation
#27 A Greyhound Bus Trip From Louisville, Kentucky, To Memphis, Tennessee, And The Terminals, September 1943
Photographed by Esther Bubley
Image source: sebcolorisation
#28 Dancers At An Elk’s Club Dance, The “Cleanest Dance In Town,” Washington D.c., April 1943
Photographed by Esther Bubley
Image source: sebcolorisation
#29 Marines In Training On Tank – Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, c. 1943
Photographed by Roger Smith
Image source: sebcolorisation
#30 A Miami Nightclub Dancer At Home, 1959
Photographed by Robert W. Kelley
Image source: sebcolorisation
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