Colorized Photos of Wartime Animals Reveal Their Sacrifice
A talented photo colorizer has paid a tribute to wartime animals by breathing a new and colorful life into historical photographs that depict them and their sacrifices.
How Peter Jackson Colorized 100-Year-Old WWI Footage
Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson is out with a new highly-acclaimed World War I documentary titled They Shall Not Grow Old. Here's a 5-minute look at how Jackson colorized 100-year-old footage to give the world a fresh look at the Great War.
The Life and Photos of Ernest Brooks, A Pioneer War Photographer of WWI
Ernest Brooks was the first official photographer appointed by the British military, and he ended up shooting over 1/10 of all official British photos made during World War I. The 8-minute video above is a look at photography during the "Great War" and the life and work of Ernest Brooks.
The Lost Tommies: Colorizing Photos of British Soldiers in WWI
In 2011 a team of researchers led by Australian journalist Ross Coulthart made an incredible discovery when they uncovered a collection of hundreds of photographs from World War One.
Breathtaking Photos of the Tower of London Adorned with 888,246 Ceramic Poppies to Commemorate WWI
To honor the centennial of Britain’s beginnings in World War I, a pair of artist teamed up to work on an incredible installation, which you can see in these stunning photographs.
Titled “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red,” the display was put together by artist Paul Cummins and stage designer Tom Piper, and when it's all said and done it will consist of 888,246 red ceramic poppies surrounding the dry moat of the Tower of London. Each of the individual flowers represents a British or Colonial Military fatality.
Video: Historic WWI Photographs of 1914 Antwerp Fade Into Their 2014 Equivalents
Each of the transitions above capture 100 years of change. The effects of two World Wars that left some …
The Camera that Saw the Great War
At first glance, this little black camera looks like a tiny, worn-out shooter from a hundred years ago. But …
Former Garbage Man Has Saved Over 5,000 Photos Taken on the Front Lines of WWI
After 36 years of collecting images from landfills while on the job as a Sussex dustman (that's a garbage collector to us American English speakers), Bob Smethurst has one of the largest single collections of images from World War I of anyone in the world.
Cache of Undeveloped Film Discovered in an Attic, Shows Rare Perspective of WWI
Britons are seeing a new side of the nation's World War I experience thanks to the publication of a small treasure trove of negatives that were only recently discovered tucked away in someone's attic.
Faked World War I Dogfight Pictures Go On Auction Block
They're some of the most dramatic photographic documents of air combat in World War I, showing planes diving at each other, crashing in flames and pilots ejecting. And they're all completely bogus.
That hasn't stopped the work of Wesley David Archer from becoming famous and somewhat coveted, as attested by an upcoming Australian auction of his images.
Never-Before-Seen WWI Photos Taken by a German Officer
Back in 2011, developer Dean Putney's mother dropped a photographic goldmine in his lap as he was getting ready to leave home after Thanksgiving. Out from under the coffee table, she pulled out a big black photo album that, as it turns out, contained hundreds of photos taken by his German officer Great Grandfather Walter Koessler during World War I.