The study of colorized photographs usage for historical study in Thailand
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
This research aims to study the process and use of colorized photographs for historical studies in Thailand. It will examine the methods of coloring photographs, as well as their dissemination and implementation as historical tools. Focuses on the phenomenon of colorized photographs and the importance of bringing photography into a historical study by using mixed methods that contain Qualitative Research and Quantitative Research. The tool for collecting data is a non-participant observation with 10 colorized makers at the present, having an in-depth interview with 2 specialists in colorized photographs and 2 specialists in the study of history through photography, the data was collected from 50 history students who desire to use photography in their studies by using questionnaire for the quantitative research.
The result of the survey demonstrated that the general use of colorized photographs for historical study in Thailand has 3 types of process, colorized by painting, colorized by retouching software on computer, and colorized by artificial intelligence. Colorized photographs by retouching software on computer is the most popular and most realistic while portraits are most chosen to be colorized. Colorized photographs were separated into 2 types of usage, for study and historical research, and for personal reasons such as recreation, artistic, and religious. Colorized photographs gain medium trustworthiness from users. The analysis and result guidelines from using colorized photographs for historical study showed that even attempting to research extensive data to ensure authenticity but those photographs might not be complete and accurate.
For study and usage, users should always consider content, source, and credits including additional information about the photographs from research. In case that users cannot avoid using any colorized photographs, it should be used when the color is directly mentioned and specifies that it was colorized photographs, and always refers to the source of colorized photographs.
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
References
Anuphongphat, N. (2014). Phāp kap kānsưksā prawattisāt [Picture with Historical Study] . Bangkok: suksala,
Chamnanpa, N. (2010). Phāpthāikapngānprawatsātsinlapa [Photography and history of art] [Thesis], Silpakorn University.
Colorize Images. (2020). Colorize Images Application Banner. Google Play. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ml.colorize.app&hl=en_US&gl=US&pli=1
Dailynews. (2022, August 18). Sombat Mēthanī [Sombat Metanee] [Photograph]. Dailynews. https://www.dailynews.co.th/news/1372916/
Elisavet Kozak, E. (2017, September 16). The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903) [Picture]. Kozak’s Classic Cinema. https://www.kozaksclassiccinema.com/the-kingdom-of-the-fairies-1903/
Genova, A. (2016, December 14). The Story Behind the Colorization of a Controversial Benetton AIDS Ad. TIME. https://time.com/4592061/colorization-benetton-aids-ad/
Growcoot, M. (2022, October 7). ‘AI Doesn’t Do the Past Justice’ says Talented Civil War Portrait Colorize. Peta Pixel. https://petapixel.com/2022/10/07/ai-doesnt-do-the-past justice-says-talented-civil-war-portrait-colorizer/
Hanfifa, P. (2021). Unknow [Print]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=5191782327503826&set=pb.100000163316604.-2207520000.&type=3
Hand-colouring of photographs. (2019, September 4). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand-colouring_of_photographs.
Henisch, H.K., & Henisch, B. (1996). The painted photograph 1939-1914: Origins. Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University.
Hill, L. L., & McCartey, W. (1973). A treatise on daguerreotype. The Literature of photography. New York: Arno Press.
Hoontrakul, A., (2021). Chayajittakorn: An Oral History, a Personal Account, and Some Family Banter [Photograph]. Writing Foto. https://writingfoto.wordpress.com/2021/08/07/chayajittakorn-an-oral-history-a-personal-account-and-some-family-banter.
Inkov, I. (2015, September). Ansel Adams zone system [Image]. Research Gate. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Ansel-Adams-zone-system_fig1_281589161.
Khumphuang, K. (2018, March 21). rīwio nangsư̄ khō̜ngkhwan hǣng mittraphāp Great and Good Friends [Book Review: Gifts of Friendship, Great and Good Friends]. Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles. http://www.qsmtthailand.org/th/news/รีวิวหนังสือ-ของขวัญแห่.
Lehmann, S. (2012, March). Hand-tinting of Photographs in the Studio of T. Enami [Photograph]. Research Gate. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Unknown-Hand-tinting-of-Photographs-in-the-Studio-of-T-Enami-half-tone-image-published_fig4_265151798.
Mallick, H. (2021, April 19). Digital manipulation of genocidal photos shows that seeing is no longer believing [Photograph]. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2021/04/19/digital-manipulation-of-genocidal-photos-shows-that-seeing-is-no-longer-believing/article_5704925f-4b03-5dc2-bc1a-9f0e80f7d35e.html.
Nicholson, T. (2020, October 1). YouTubers are upscaling the past to 4K. Historians want them to stop. WIRED. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/history-colourisation-controversy.
Peshin, A. (2017, December 4). How Are Black And White Films Colorized?. Science ABC. https://www.scienceabc.com/innovation/how-are-black-and-white-films-colorized.html#digital-colorization.
Prapantip. (2013, April 6). Phāpthāikhāodamlongsīfun Lūangphō̜dǣng Watkhaobandaiith [Black and white photo with powder coating of Luang Pho Daeng, Wat Khao Bandai It] [Print]. Prapantip https://mail.prapantip.com/amulet/detail/233469/102079/ภาพถ่ายขาวดำลงสีฝุ่น+หลวงพ่อแดง+วัดเขาบันไดอิฐ.
Rodness, R. (2021, May 18). The Controversial History of Colorizing Black-and-White Photos. Peta Pixel. https://petapixel.com/2021/05/18/the-controversial-history-of-colorizing-black-and-white-photos.
Saito, Y. (1989). Contemporary Aesthetic Issue: The Colorization Controversy. The Journal of Aesthetic Education, 23(2). 21–31.
Schneider, J. (2021, April 12). Colorization Artist Slammed for Adding Smiles to Genocide Victims. Peta Pixel. https://petapixel.com/2021/04/12/colorization-artist-photoshops-smiles-onto-cambodian-genocide-victims.
Siamcolorization. (2021, May 27). Dara Rasmi [Photograph]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/Siamcolorization/photos/pb.100044236578943.-2207520000/4008880809148694/?type=3.
Tantivitthayapitak, W. (2020, September 17). Phāpyon Thē knōlōyī banthưk phāpyuk bōrān thīčhu Čhotčham Rư̄angrāo khwāmsongčham Prawatsāt Rawāngyuksamai, [Phapyon Ancient recording technology that can remember stories, memories, history between the ages] . The CLOUD. https://readthecloud.co/glass-plate-negatives/page/28.
The Face of AIDS By Therese Frare and The Face of AIDS. 1990, as seen in United Colors of Benetton [Photograph]. (2016, December 14). Time. https://time.com/4592061/ colorization-benetton-aids-ad.
Tsaftaris, S., Casadio, F.,., and Katsaggelos K. A. (2014). A novel visualization tool for art history and conservation: Automated colorization of black and white archival photographs of works of art. Studies in Conservation, 125-135.
Vink, J. (2021, April 10). Matt Loughrey in Vice is not colourising S21 photographs. He is falsifying history. [Photograph]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/vinkjohn/status/1380876964467249156/photo/1.
Xin, J., Zhonglan, L., Ke, L., Dongqing, Z., Xiaodong, L., Xingfan Zh., Ziyin, Zh., Qilong, S., and Qingyu Liu. (2021). Focusing on Persons: Colorizing Old Images Learning from Modern Historical Movies. Proceedings of the 29th ACM International Conference on Multimedia, 21, 1176–1184. https://doi.org/10.1145/3474085.3481544.