Photos of Ireland in the 1930s

[Jazzy]

This amazing collection of colourised photographs was taken by an American photographer Branson DeCou (1892-1941) between 1932 and 1935. DeCou spent nearly thirty years travelling the world and his images of Ireland give us a rare glimpse into a way of life that has long since disappeared. His fantastic catalogue of photos is now stored at the University of California, Santa Cruz where they can be accessed digitally here. The photos were originally taken in black and white and colour was then added by DeCou with aniline ink.

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They look more like paintings than photos. But, they are beautiful nonetheless. Would be interesting to see the black and white photos beside the colored images.

What do you think of the photographs?

 

[seasidemike]

Thank you for sharing, those are amazing. My family comes from the Tralee, Cork and Kerry areas so I found those the most interesting.
I don't know how much I like the added colour, my preference of those old kind of photos would be black and white.