
Photographer Leverages Vivid Colors to Convey a Visceral Vibe
Polina Washington spent years only shooting and printing black and white film before adapting powerful and vibrant color to tell a story in her photos.
Polina Washington spent years only shooting and printing black and white film before adapting powerful and vibrant color to tell a story in her photos.
Colorizing old black-and-white photos with Photoshop has been a popular subject on the Internet over the past few years, as skilled retouchers use their time and skills to offer a new view of vintage images. In the future, though, software may be able colorize B&W photos with the click of a button.
Mervyn O'Gorman was an English engineer whose artistic interests turned him into one of the early pioneers of color photography. Using the Autochrome Lumière process that was launched in 1907, O'Gorman shot images that are now regularly featured in exhibitions of early color photos.
Among his best known works are a series of color photos of his daughter, Christina, taken in 1913.