AI COLOURISATON: EVERYTHING OLD IS NOW IN LIVING COLOUR

 I see a Black & White and I wanted it painted Red, Green and Blue  

Here at the Caribbean Camera our photographers are always experimenting with new and emerging technologies. This week our photographer Stephen Weir used the new Artifical Intelligence App called Palette to make everything old look new again.

Weir revitalizes historic black and white photographs using Palette, an AI app. Weir experimented with this emerging technology to bring a fresh perspective to old images. Palette, accessible on Twitter through @palettefm_bot,  is  for free for Twitter users. One simply twitter their black and white copyright or public domain pictures to the app and it quickly transforms them into vibrant colour renditions which it tweets back to the sender.

1890 - 1896 by Felix Morin, shows a young Indian Trinidadian woman 

Weir's creative endeavor focused on three captivating historical photographs sourced from The Commons, an online photographic archive. One of the images, taken between 1890 and 1896 by Felix Morin, shows a young Indian Trinidadian woman, showcasing the island's cultural diversity during that era.

TRINIDAD MINING PITCH

The second picture captures a work crew expertly loading pieces of tar onto a train at Trinidad's Pitch Lake (La Brea Point), in 1910. This snapshot provides a glimpse into the labor-intensive industries that shaped the region's history over a hundred years ago.

East Indian basket weaver

Lastly, Weir converted an image from the turn of the century, of  an East Indian basket weaver in Port-of-Spain.This photograph highlights the intricate craftsmanship of the weave.

Through Palette's AI capabilities, in seconds Weir successfully brought these black and white relics to life, infusing them with vibrant colors that reawaken the scenes and offer a renewed connection to the past. This innovative approach to photography demonstrates the new tools  that technology is using to colour up the past!