Blood and Glory
On Tuesday, April 7, The History Channel will premier Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color, featuring over 500 original, black-and-white images that have been colorized. Among the digital artists who did this work are Mads Madsen and the folks over at Civil War in Color. The History Channel is not especially known these days for in-depth historical analysis, but this particular show was created with the input of Garry Adelman of the Center for Civil War Photography and photgrapher/collector Jack Melton, which is a good sign.
Update: Will Hickox points out that the show website also highlights the participation of “Civil War historians Richard Dreyfuss and Ben Stein.” Ugh.
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It sounds good and we have seen some of the photos that will be used.
For a preview, check out some of the work at the reddit forum dedicated to colorized civil war photos, here: http://www.reddit.com/r/ColorizedCivilWar/
A more general forum is dedicated to colorizing other old photos, here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/ColorizedHistory/
I gave up on the History Channel when they started the Ancient Aliens nonsense and the reality TV.
Among other things, the website taught me that Richard Dreyfuss and Ben Stein are Civil War historians.
Oh, Lawd. I should’ve read that more closely.
I was filmed as a talking head for this, but I don’t feel bad pointing to its problems since it was an unpaid gig.
They filmed me too. There are lots of real scholars slated to appear as well, so I’m not too worried about Matt Hooper. The focus on the photos is a surprise to me.
I apologize for hijacking the discussion, but I’d like to say I really enjoyed “Reluctant Rebels,” Prof. Noe.
Many thanks Will.
I’ve enjoyed many of your writings, Dr. Noe, but particularly “Reluctant Rebels” and “The Civil War in Appalachia.” Excellent work, all of it.
However, I found the first installment of the series to be very slanted, selective in its choice of facts, etc. Really wasn’t impressed by it at all.
Thanks again.