The past in color Portfolio by Marie-Lou Chatel
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//COLORIST OF HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS Marie-Lou Chatel //WEBSITES www.marielouchatel.com https://www.facebook.com/MarieLouChatel https://www.flickr.com/photos/marielouchatel/ //ABOUT I’m living in Belgium. I’ve always been fascinated with the work of the great photographers of the 20th century. When I look at their photos, I wonder what they saw in color while taking the photograph. One day, I discovered the only American archive FSA where it was possible to use copyright-free highresolution images. A series of photos of Dorothea Lange was included, and this is how it began. My goal is to find the colors as close as possible to reality. I work with a repository of shades of gray at the base, but I mainly rely on my instincts and my imagination, all the sensations which I put in my work 2015.copyright Marie-Lou Chatel. OREOStudia 2014
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With our modern eyes on the world, some of us think that old black and white photographs are obsolete and they have little or not at all of interest to these historical images in black and white. By adding of the color, the spectator is brought to be a little bit closer of the reality in which they were taken. The colorizing, contributes to give an overview of the world such as it was long ago. 2014 InteriorOREO
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Restored and colorized January 24, 2015 ŠBy Marie-Lou Chatel.
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Restored and colorized February 1 2015 ŠBy Marie-Lou Chatel.
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1943 MAR NEW YORK. FORTY-SECOND STREET AND FIFTH AVENUE ON A RAINY DAY. Restored and colorized January 27 2015 ©By Marie-Lou Chatel. Photographer : ©By John Vachon 1912-1985. DFO: LC-DIG-fsa-8d26833. No known restrictions.
1924 APRIL WASHINGTON SNOW SCENES Restored and colorized Feb 6 2015 ©By Marie-Lou Chatel. Photographer : ©By Harris & Ewing. LC-DIG-hec-32230. No known restrictions.
1942 AUG NEW YORK. WAITING FOR THE TRAINS AT THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD STATION. Restored and colorized Jan, 12 2014 ©By Marie-Lou Chatel. Photographer : ©By Collins, Marjory 1912-1985 Digital file from original: LC-DIG-fsa-8d21836 No known restrictions.
1942 AUG NEW YORK. CHINESE GROCERY STORE IN CHINATOWN. Restored and colorized January 24, 2015 ©By Marie-Lou Chatel. Photographer : ©By Collins Marjory 1912-1985. Digital file from original: LC-DIG-fsa-8d21957. No known restrictions.
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1939 MEMPHIS, TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN IN STREET. Restored and colorized February 1 2015 ©By Marie-Lou Chatel. Photographer : ©By Wolcott Marion 1910-1990. Digital file from original: LC-DIG-ppmsca-31744. No known restrictions.
1943 APR BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. TROLLEY OF 1917 VINTAGE. Restored and colorized Feb 12 2015 ©By Marie-Lou Chatel. Photographer : ©By Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985. Digital file from original: LC-DIG-fsa-8d27871. No known restrictions.
1943 New York Times Square on a rainy day Restored and colorized January, 2013 ©By Marie-Lou Chatel. Photographer : ©By Vachon John. Digital file from original: LC-DIG-fsa-8d26849 No known restrictions.
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