Thread by @marinamaral2

Jesus Christ.

I wanted to get on air now on BBC Radio 4. I'm turning myself into a human ball sitting in my chair listening to Saturday Review.

What I learned from the comments in Saturday Review:

- It's a big problem when the photos are not colorized by professionals and the result looks awful, which I agree. But to them, the biggest problem is that I "colorize the photos very well".

- It's a problem that I have written in a line on my website that I think the process of RESTORING (aka cleaning, removing scratches, etc) from the photos can be fun, because apparently it's only acceptable for me to do this while I'm crying over the keyboard.

- Using a slide to show the before and after photos is also a crime, because this is apparently clickbait. Well, if I tried posting a colorized photo without sharing the original photo too, I would surely be accused of something worse.

- On the Holocaust photos, it is a problem to restore them because the photos were taken with a super powerful camera given to the photographer by the Nazis.

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And the only person who apparently was not so unreasonable in this transmission was, guess what?

A historian. (and I unfortunately forgot his name)

And I have not even mentioned the way they disdained my audience or the general public who likes the photos.

I was not going to comment, but I find it extremely unfair how people still look at what I do with so much prejudice. It was the first time I saw people creating crazy reasons and contradictions to say why what I do is "wrong".

I deeply respect those who do not like the colorized photos. This is perfectly normal and acceptable.

But I do not accept that people are creating such crazy and meaningless justifications to explain their lack of interest in respecting what I (and a few others) do.

And to finish: The original photos still exist (and by the way, I respect them a lot) and you can print 5,000 copies and sleep with them if you want.

Ps: I forgot to say that my work is also absurd because it makes a huge audience want to learn and study more, BUT that's bad because "these people" can only empathize with colorized photos and this can not be a good thing.

Summing up:

- Colorizing the pictures badly is a problem, but colorizing well is also a problem.
- I can not find the process fun because I have to cry while I restore the photos.
- I can not colorize photos of the Holocaust because they were taken with a powerful camera.

- Not showing the original photo is unaceptable because it will make people think that the original register was made in color. Showing the original photo next to the restored photo is clickbait.

One of the best ones: I can not restore military photos because if people wanted to see military uniforms in color they would visit a museum in Paris.

And to make it clear: the problem was not the criticism, but the way it was made.

If you want to listen to the nonsense: bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09…