Artificially Yet Intelligently Bringing the Past to Life
Putting color and imagination into Chicago 1893 photography, new and old
Enter the World’s Fair
If we have never crossed paths before, this is our chance to get acquainted and cover one of my favorite topics: the Columbian Exposition. Luckily, there’s no shortage of angles on the event. Ever since I first laid my hands on “The Dream City”, a collection of official fair photographs taken by Charles Arnold in Jackson Park during the event, I’ve been pretty obsessed with the event.
What started as a simple Twitter thread to share some of those photos has grown into a book, documentary, and branded online presence on Facebook as well as Twitter.
As we get closer to releasing the next phase of the Chicago 1893 media project, I thought it would be fun to offer up a collection algorithmically colorized photos — some of which have been hanging around since 2021.
