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

#4 Happy Anonymous Couple, 1948

#5 War Time Beach On An English Coast, 1941

#6 New York In 1942, By Marjory Collins

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

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

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

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

#11 Chicago, 1941

#12 Family Of Cherry Pickers By John Vachon, 1940

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

#14 Cars And Girls, 1942

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

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

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

#18 American Soldier Return Home After Worldwar 1, 1919

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

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

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

#22 Washington In 1935

#23 Texas, 1939

#24 Anonymous, France, 1967

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

#26 Waiting For The Bus, 1943

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

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

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

#30 Modesto, California By Dorothea Lange, 1937

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

#32 American Soldiers Training, 1942

#33 Union Station, Chicago By Jack Delano, 1943

#34 Ambridge Pennsylvania, 1941. Photo By John Vachon

#35 Magicians Convention, Chicago, 1947

#36 Fashion Picture By Georges Dambier, 1948

#37 Ava Gardner, 1922-1990, In 1944

#38 French Soldier In A Trench, 1916

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

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

#41 Atlanta, Georgia, 1936. By Walker Evans

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

#43 Anonymous, 1946

#44 New York, 1941

#45 Baltimore, 1943

#46 Omaha, Nebraska, 1938

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

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

#49 New York, By Marjory Collins, September 1942

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

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