Posted on 11/13/2013 2:36:14 PM PST by Renfield
Two professional colorists have combined their skills with photographs and fascination with the American Civil War to create a remarkable series of color photographs from the era.
British colorist Jordan Lloyd, 27, met fellow colorist Mads Madsen, 19, from Denmark when he started posting on Madsen's subreddit 'Colorized History'.
Initially it was Madsen who was colorizing images from the Civil War era, but Lloyd eventually got interested and now the two work together restoring the images, improving their technique by giving each other critiques.
Madsen has been interested in the Civil War since he was 12, and was especially fascinated by all the images that emerged from the conflict.
'I love the fact that you can see veins in the eyes of humans born over 200 years ago as clear as day,' Madsen told MailOnline.
With amazing attention to detail, the pictures that Lloyd and Madsen have rendered in color paint a picture of the era and its characters, heroes and villains.
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Brought to life: Lewis Powell (pictured) conspired with John Wilkes Booth to kill President Lincoln - Powell's job was to kill Secretary of State William H. Seward, a job at which he failed.
He was, if I recall correctly, and actor, as was Booth. Powell looks like an actor, doesn't he? He looks like an actor from a modern soap opera.
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I don’t know a lot about Powell. I do know he was from Florida and served with distinction during the war. He was said to love animals and cared for sick ones.
I think someone discovered his skull long after the war and it was buried in Florida beside his Mother.
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We have a man in our office, who is a professional photographer and is very skilled with photo=retouch techniques.
He can take a photo of a property, with utility lines, and eliminate them. Even turn a gloomy grey day, into blue sunshine, etc.
I’ve watched him work, but only when working very fast for a project that only needs to be “okay.”
I would like to see him attempt something like this.
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Powell was a Confederate soldier. I don’t believe he ever acted.
Some of those photos actually made me gasp out loud. At first they look like they are actors recreating some scene, and then you realize that those are the real people!
Incredible work.
Powell’s skull was found in a drawer at the U.S. Army Medical Museum in Washington.
Wow, not at all like the colorized black and white movies that they did in the 80’s.
I believe the third picture down is Caleb Lyon Jr
Sam Clemens didn’t desert, rather, he succumbed to ‘fatigue due to persistent retreating.’
That pic of him looks to be during summer when Twain, at that age, preferred the cooler white suits. Wonder what the occasion was?
Powell is a prominent figure in “Killing Lincoln”.
These photos, when enhanced this way; bring the past back at a new level. I like the “Duck Dynasty” beards.
I frequently use much cruder enhancements on my photos. Like removing horse manure from parades, bluring out distractions, level the horizon, white balance etc. But thes guys start with nothing, 50 shades of grey; and bring it to life.
Wow!
My Great Grandfather, Martin Abel McDuffie served in the 18th Alabama along with 3 brothers. Although they were technically from Florida, they joined in Elba, Alabama which was probably the closest place to do so.
They were all captured but exchanged. They participated in nearly every major battle of the war. I had a bunch of other ancestors serve in the First, Sixth and I think 8th Florida battalions.
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