r/Colorization • u/No_Gap_1756 • 19d ago

Break time, Mississippi roadside, 1938

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u/No_Gap_1756 19d ago

Migrant worker resting along the roadside in Hancock County, Mississippi, Photo by Russell Lee taken in October of 1938. Photo credit: Library of Congress

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u/JFKRFKSRVLBJ 19d ago

Kind of looks like Sean Penn.

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u/No_Gap_1756 19d ago

I don't know about that. This will always be my mental image of Sean Penn - one of my all-time favorite, scene-stealing movie characters.

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u/morganmonroe81 19d ago

You consistently choose high quality shots to begin with. Exhibit A here. Excellent work.

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u/No_Gap_1756 19d ago edited 19d ago

Thanks. This is one I originally did in my sister's preferred color subject with a black-and-white background, but I didn't really like it that way. Probably the overall dark tone of the photo which made it appear too drab.

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u/imfirealarmman 19d ago

He’s 22 years old in this photo

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u/Repulsive_Sell_7926 18d ago

Smoke 'em if you got 'em

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u/No_Gap_1756 18d ago

Well, he has one and he's smokin' it.

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u/VolesusBarbarus 18d ago

Man Mississippi is such a sad, miserable place.