The point I am making is that colourisation is subjective art, and that alone.
Colourisation cannot fail to enforce contemporary biases based on poor understanding of the materials. It will darken or lighten skin inappropriately, and mislead in any number of ways.
Doing it by hand (in photoshop or on a print) acknowledges the inherent bias that is involved in colourisation.
Automating it is banal at best and dangerous at worst; colourised images risk distorting history.
The point I am making is that colourisation is subjective art, and that alone.
Colourisation cannot fail to enforce contemporary biases based on poor understanding of the materials. It will darken or lighten skin inappropriately, and mislead in any number of ways.
Doing it by hand (in photoshop or on a print) acknowledges the inherent bias that is involved in colourisation.
Automating it is banal at best and dangerous at worst; colourised images risk distorting history.