tetiana's review against another edition
5.0
This was fascinating.
Color adds so much life to every photo here, making the subjects depicted accessible and present. With phenomenal work from the colorist Marina Amaral every photo looks amazing, like it’s been freshly-taken. Extensive captions also make for an illuminating read if a pretty heavy one at times (You’re still not sufficiently angry about colonialism? This book will rectify it).
An essential read for any history lover.
Color adds so much life to every photo here, making the subjects depicted accessible and present. With phenomenal work from the colorist Marina Amaral every photo looks amazing, like it’s been freshly-taken. Extensive captions also make for an illuminating read if a pretty heavy one at times (You’re still not sufficiently angry about colonialism? This book will rectify it).
An essential read for any history lover.
dlsmall's review against another edition
4.0
Many of the iconic b+w photos of history artfully colorized, with commentary…and many more now to maybe become iconic.
mehsi's review against another edition
4.0
Een boek die ik voornamelijk heb gekozen vanwege de foto's. Ik hou van foto's van vroeger en vind het geweldig dat mensen die tegenwoordig kleur kunnen geven. Ik heb de teksten naast de foto's niet altijd gelezen, vaak bevattten ze niks nieuws en het was ook nog eens niet altijd erg interessant geschreven. De foto's waren erg interessant, al hoefde ik sommige dingen nou niet echt te zien (zoals mensen die dood zijn, bloed hier en daar).
Zeker een boek dat ik zou aanraden voor de foto's.
Zeker een boek dat ik zou aanraden voor de foto's.
dixiet's review against another edition
4.0
Wow. This was a fascinating book. Honestly I just expected to look at the pictures, but ended up reading the text as well. 110 years of history presented in color. Interesting and also sobering, particularly the next-to-last shot of an underwater plutonium implosion bomb creating a mushroom cloud over the Bikini Atoll. Adding color is a grim reminder that this was not something that only happened in the past, it could happen today.
calinbudau's review against another edition
dark
informative
slow-paced
2.0
really enjoyed the photographs and post-processing work done to them, did not enjoy the imperialist rhetoric, british bias, and generally western centric theme of the writing, with too much focus on wars and official portraits
msmandrake's review against another edition
4.0
A lot of interesting pictures I'd not seen before. But the photos are more tinted then colorized...
lauracbest's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely fascinating visual history of 1850-1960. Dan Jones whip smart commentary combined with Marina Amaral’s artistry makes this a truly compelling experience.