Keeping memories alive can be done in many ways, but photographs are probably one of the most common ones. Photos capture a moment in history, memory and serve as a reminder of how it used to be. However, really old photographs are in black and white, so it's often hard to relate to them and see yourself in that time.

That's where digital artist Sébastien de Oliveira comes in. Sébastien uses Photoshop to color old photographs and give them more life. The people in the photos look much more realistic and the pictures become so much more inviting.

Sébastien told Bored Panda: "Sébastien de Oliveira, French, father Portuguese and mother French, I live in Paris, married, two daughters. For my background, I studied in a school of fine art in Orléans, with my specialization in illustration and photography, then I moved to Milan where I lived for 7 years and worked as an illustrator for architects and as an assistant for a fashion illustrator. I moved to Paris 17 years ago to become a retoucher for the fashion industry."

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Artist Takes Interesting Old Photos And Colorizes Them (50 Pics)

#1 Circus Girls In Sarasota, Florida, By Nina Leen In 1949

#2 Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) In 1956

#3 Happy Anonymous Couple, 1948

#4 Blue Island, Illinois. The Senise Family Going To The Movie, By Jack Delano, Feb 1943

#5 Along The California Highway Us99, 1937. By Dorothea Lange

#6 War Time Beach On An English Coast, 1941

#7 Parisian Girls Enjoying The Fun Fair, Paris, 1935

#8 Jacqueline Cochran, (1906-1980), 1939

#9 New York In 1942, By Marjory Collins

#10 Chicago, 1941

#11 Saturday Afternoon In Florence, Alabama, June 1942. By Arthur Rothstein

#12 Cars And Girls, 1942

#13 Bergman, Hemphrey Bogart And Michael Curtis On The Set Of "Casablanca" 1939

#14 Althea Gibson Winner Of The Wimbledon Championship With Her Compatriot Darlene Hard, 1957

#15 Bar At Central Park In New York By Marjory Collins, 1942

#16 American Soldier Return Home After Worldwar 1, 1919

#17 Family Of Cherry Pickers By John Vachon, 1940

#18 O’reilly Bar, New York, By Marjory Collins. 1942

#19 Spectators At A Race In Worthington, Maryland, By Marion Post Wolcott. 1941

#20 Washington In 1935

#21 Young Actresses Having A Sun Bath For A Film Promotion During The Cannes Film Festival, 1955

#22 Anonymous, France, 1967

#23 Rainy Day In Pittsburgh, By John Vachon, June 1941

#24 Texas, 1939

#25 Waiting For The Bus, 1943

#26 Family Picnic Along The Cane River Near Natchitoches, Louisiana, By Marion Post Wolcott, 4th July 1940

#27 Marilyn Monroe Resting On The Set Of The Misfits, By Eve Arnold, 1960

#28 Fifth Avenue At 44th Street, New York By Dorothea Lange, July 1939

#29 Glen Echo Park, Montgomery County, Maryland, April 1943

#30 American Soldiers Training, 1942

#31 French Soldiers On Leave In Paris, Gare de l’Est, 1916

#32 Modesto, California By Dorothea Lange, 1937

#33 Ambridge Pennsylvania, 1941. Photo By John Vachon

#34 Atlanta, Georgia, 1936. By Walker Evans

#35 Coming Out Of The Church, Chicago, Illinois, Apr 1941. By Lee Russell

#36 Union Station, Chicago By Jack Delano, 1943

#37 French Soldier In A Trench, 1916

#38 Omaha, Nebraska, 1938

#39 New York, 1941

#40 Students Of The Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington, D.C. By Esther Bubley, 1943

#41 Baltimore, 1943

#42 Ava Gardner, 1922-1990, In 1944

#43 Magicians Convention, Chicago, 1947

#44 American Soldier Eating His Ration K During A Training. 1942

#45 French Soldier In The Ruins Of A House, Michelin Advertising Says "Michelin Drink The Obstacle" Note The Pax Graffiti, 1916

#46 Anonymous, 1946

#47 Fashion Picture By Georges Dambier, 1948

#48 New York, By Marjory Collins, September 1942

#49 Customers In A Dinner, Greenbelt, Maryland, By Marjory Collins, 1942

#50 Soldiers In Starke, Florida, By Marion Post Wolcott, 1940

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