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This artist gives vintage photographs a modern touch — and they may just change how you view the past.
Sebastien De Oliveira colorizes old photos, bringing them to life in new and captivating ways. His work features celebrities of yesteryear like Marilyn Monroe and James Dean and everyday people just living their lives.
Scroll through for a look into the past more lifelike than you’ve ever seen before.
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1. Sergeant Franklin Williams, Home On Leave From Army Duty, With His Girlfriend Ellen Hardin, Splitting An Ice Cream, Baltimore, Maryland, March 1942
2. Actress Sophia Loren, Rome, 1963
3. ctivities At Camp Nathan Hale, Southfields, New York, August 1943
4. John Fitzgerald Kennedy And Jackie Kennedy In 1953
5. Marilyn Monroe Reading, Beverly Carlton Hotel Los Angeles, 1952
6. Teenage Girls And Boys Train For Defense Work Made Possible By TVA At A National Administration School. Knoxville, Tennessee, June 1942
7. James Dean And Elizabeth Taylor Taking A Break From Filming “Giant” In June 1955
8. Street View, July 1958
9. Pedestrians On Broadway Look Through A Restaurant Window To Watch A Cook Prepare A Pot Of Spaghetti. New York, 1937
10. Teenagers Walking In The Fallen Leaves, 1940s
11. People In Vale, Oregon, For The Fourth Of July Celebration
12. Waiting Room At Greyhound Bus Depot, Detroit, Michigan, Photographed By John Vachon In August 1942
13. Having A Drink In A Bar In Front Of The Moulin Rouge, Paris, Photographed In 1960
14. Marcello Mastroianni, Milan, 1960
15. Claire Bloom And Richard Burton, Stars Of The Film “Look Back In Anger”, Taking A Break From The Filming To Grab A Bite To Eat In A Cafe In London, 20th September 1958
16. Italian Americans On The Lower Side Of Manhattan. Ice Vendor On Mulberry Street, January 1943
17. Iconic Carhop Girl, Circa 1945
18. Photographed By Russell Lee In May 1940
19. High School Students Crossing The Street, Phoenix, Arizona, May 1940
20. Actress Doris Houck, Photographed In Los Angeles In 1945
21. Amelia Earhart With Her Cord 812 Phaeton Car And Her Lockheed Airplane, 1937
22. A Young Girl Read A Comic Book At A Supermarket, Anchorage, Alaska, 1958
23. James Stewart On The Phone At His Father’s Hardware Store, 1945. Photographed By Peter Stackpole
24. Three Women Eating Spaghetti On Inflatable Mattresses At Capri, 1939. Photographed By Hamilton Wright
25. Actress Clara Bow Photographed In 1927
26. 1947 Ford Bubble Glass Top
27. Civil Air Patrol Student, Taking A Sunbath At The Silver Lake Airfield, Baker California, 1944
28. Sunset On The Place De La Concorde, Paris, 1960
29. Traffic Officer Ticketing A Badly Parked Car On The Champs Elysées, Paris. Photographed In 1960
30. Rita Hayworth, Photographed In 1941 By George Hurrel
31. Ava Gardner Photographed In 1948
32. Florette Reading On The Annecy Lake, 1943. Photographed By Jacques Henri Lartigue
33. November 22, 1963
34. Chidren From Detroit, Michigan. Photographed By John Vachon. August 1942
35. November 1942, Photographed By Marjory Collins
36. No Caption Found For This Group Of 14 Teenagers Photographed In The 40’s
37. Preparing For The Landing, 1944
38. A Couple In Formal Evening Wear Pose For A Fashion Shoot At Night In New York’s Times Square, 1959
39. June 1922. Spectators At The Brooklands Racing Circuit, Surrey, (UK)
40. Essex Street And Henry Street, Lower East Side, New York City Photographed By Marion Trikosko The 4th November 1959
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