There’s a huge gap between colorizing photos, usually presenting them beside the original and preserving all the elements that were there + providing the historical background, and manipulating facial expressions. The latter changes the context and is potentially dangerous.
This whole thing makes me sad. It affects artists who have been working hard for years to make people understand that we are not playing around with crayons. There’s usually a huge sense of responsibility involved.
I've been working on a piece to explain the process. There are serious people working in this field.
Which does not mean that everyone needs to enjoy, support and appreciate the practice, of course. But judging all of us as a bunch of kids with no ethics or a sense of responsibility is just wrong. It's unfair.
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