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History in Color by Dana Keller

American artist Dana Keller an archival scientist by trade, is one of those people that have gained a great deal of attention for their work in realistically colorizing historic black and white  images. "There is an element of detachment that we have from historic black and white images. It's as if they are only shadows from a time too long ago for any of us to remember. With our modern eyes, we are somehow disconnected from the real and vibrant world those photos are actually portraying. By adding color to...

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Alison Jackson lookalike photographs

Alison Jackson is an English photographer known for her lookalike photographs of celebrities. She became popular in 1999 after producing  black-and-white photographs including images that apparently showed Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed with a mixed-race love child. Those photographs were part of her "Mental Images". After graduation Alison decided to produce more of obscured photographs and films of celebrity look-alikes. She is also responsible for  BBC Two's series Doubletake, for which she won a BAFTA .In Alison Jackson 2012 she presented her work at the exhibition "Art Below Regents Park" in Regents...