BW pictures colorized in book

[Dennis Urban]

I just cannot resist venturing my opinion on this issue. Colorization of old B&W photos is artificial and just another attempt to ram AI down our throats. No one can say what the colors of those folks clothing or backgrounds actually was. It's just a guess by manipulating what was real then. There is a certain nostalgia that is lost when viewing artificially colored images. Thinking about how it was back then has nothing to do with color but everything to do with the events depicted whether family or otherwise. Even with CW uniforms, of which we generally know their colors, we cannot know of the faded discolorization from the vigors of the campaign. I abhor this trend. A recent CW magazine created a colorized false picture of Grant and Lee standing side by side. This never happened. How long will it be before future generations accept this picture (which did not have a disclaimer across it) and the creation of others like it as actual. Folks can think what they will and I respect their opinions but I want none of it. I rest may case!