Dana Keller is breathing life into historic black and white images. There’s always an element of detachment between old photos and reality, but with the help of Photoshop, Keller is bringing colorful reality to the lives captured decades before color film.
From famous figures like Abraham Lincoln to important moments like news of the Titanic’s sinking, each image helps us have a deeper appreciation for these long ago moments and the people that lived them.
Delve into history each month with Keller’s 2016 Wall Calendar
Auto Accident on US 40, 1936
Abraham Lincoln, 1860
Illusionist and stunt performer Harry Houdini steps into a crate that will be lowered into New York Harbor as part of an escape stunt, July 7, 1912.
British Tattoo Artist George Burchett, ca 1930
Romanov sisters, Grand Duchesses Maria, Olga, Anastasia, and Tatiana, ca 1910.
Marilyn Monroe posing for soldiers in Korea after a USO performance, 1954.
Jewish women and children arriving at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp in occupied Poland, May 27, 1944.
Slivers, the Baseball Clown, ca. 1904
Luna Park Promenade, Coney Island, New York, ca. 1905
Outside the White Star Line offices in London, newspaper boy Ned Parfett sells copies of the evening paper bearing news of the disaster. April 16, 1912.
Learn more about Dana Keller and what inspires him to do his colorizing work in this illuminating interview: