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OLD TIMES LUIS EDUARDO BORRERO

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 3

ALIVE 4

LIGHT 5

AN OLD PERSPECTIVE 6

THE RULES OF YORE 7

THE FALL OF RELIGION 8

BRIDGE TO THE PAST 9

ROMAN GRANDEUR 10

MESSAGE REFLECTION 11

BIBLIOGRAPHY 12

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INTRODUCTION

For all of the images colors were altered with gray scales, balance

colors, colorize, brightness, hue, saturation and contrast tools. In the

same each one was scaled and cropped, and different techniques as

heal and smudge were applied. Still, below there are the main

techniques applied on each picture.

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ALIVE

Main Techniques: Selective Colorization and Panting

Explanation: For this picture I first decided to change the hues and tones of the original image. As a result I

colorized the entire picture with warmer colors. After that with the paint tool I painted the walls on the side with

more vivid colors, as well as the sky in the background and the ships. Finally, I selectively colored the channel,

giving a more natural and filth-less look, making it bluish turquoise. These are the different techniques I added

to this picture, which make it look more artistic and vivid, and in the same way cleaner and less contaminated.

Message: Vivid Colors Filled the Channel, Filled Our Hearts…

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LIGHT

Main Techniques: Background Removal, Filter (Artistic) and Painting

Explanation: For this image I began removing the cloudy background and painting it light turquoise blue.

Afterwards, I selectively colored the Sena, in a similar way I did in the last picture. In the same way I colorized

the Eiffel tower with brighter, yellowish colors to make it standout. Then I removed the cars on the side and

colored the trees to remove pollution signs. Finally I added an artistic cartoon filter for the picture to look like

an old drawing. The final result is a much prettier look at Paris.

Message: In Older Times Art Was Our Homely Home….

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AN OLD PERSPECTIVE

Main Techniques: Clonning (Photo Montage), Painting and Filter (Artistic)

Explantion: For this picture I desturated the colors and then painted with birghter ones the clouds , sky and

cathdreal. Afterwards, I clonned, using the circular slection tool, part of the tree. Using this clonned image I

erased any trace of tourists ffrom the image, as well as cars and the actual modern city. Then I simply colorized

with a brighter green the newly added foreground. The rsult was a rather clean, old and vivid look at Notre

Dame.

Message: Before There Was No One To Contaminate, Simply Greenish Fences…

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RULES OF YORE

Main Techniques: Filter (Artistic, Cartoon) and Selective Colorization

Explanation: For this image I first selectively colored the lake and ice caps. Then I gave the sky a whiter look

and the tree a darker ones. After wards, I toned the colors down into warmer colors. With the result I painted the

House of the Parliament with a reddish pink hue. For its roofs, I used a grayish tone. Finally, I added an artistic

cartoon filter to give more emphasis to the lines and shapes. I ended with a much happier and natural look at the

House of the Parliament.

Message: In Past Times, Justice Was Made And It Was Made With Fun….

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THE FALL OF RELIGION

Main Techniques: Blending and Painting

Explanation: For this picture I first decided to paint the background, sky, entirely light turquoise blue. Then, I

painted the Basilica with a whitish hue, only on certain parts for it to standout. After, I gave a warmer tone to

the people in the foreground so resembles old times, when everyone was homely. Then I added an artistic filter.

Lastly, I blended the picture with an autumn picture I found in the Internet, in order to show the greatness of

yore. In the end, we can appreciate an artistic and rough look of San Peter´s Basilica.

Message: When Religion Actually Meant Something, Though It Was Corrupted…

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BRIDGE TO THE PAST

Main Techniques: Background Removal and Painting

Explanation: for this picture I first lighten up the entire image, so that the bridge would stand out. Afterwards I

colorized with and electric blue the entire sky, removing signs of modernization. In the same way, I colorized

the river with light blue. Then I cropped most of the picture to emphasize its greatness. Finally, I colored the

green riverbanks with a high pitched light green to erase the trace of pollution. I also added an artistic cartoon

filter. I ended with a vivid image, emphasizing beauty, wonder and art, of the Old Bridge in Florence.

Message: Light Waters, Bold Colors, No Pollution, Just An Illusion?

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ROMAN GARNDEUR

Main Techniques: Selective Colorization, Filter (Artistic), Painting and Background Removal

Explanation: For this last image, I began coloring the sky with a light turquoise blue. This way I also eliminated

the trace of the lamp post. Afterwards, I colored the Coliseum with a grayish white too emphasize that in past

times it was actually covered with marble. Then I selectively colored the tree on the side, for it to standout.

Lastly, I selectively added a black and white, de-saturated, artistic filter to make the tourists look as old and not

dangerous persons. In the end the result is a look at the grandness of the Roman Coliseum.

Message: Tourists Were Mere Annoyers, In The End Greatness Always Prevailed…

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MESSAGE REFLECTION

The pictures depicted above want to show how these emblematic, worldwide

known places looked in the past and what they represented with an artistic,

fantastic approach. However, when we look at the edited images and compare

them to the nowadays reality, we are able to see how much human activity in the

past few years has affected these sites, making them look as if they were simply

for touristic purposes. Contamination, pollution, construction and new ideologies

among many other factors have change what greatness meant and was in old

times. As a result, this photo album wants to spread the point of how we are

leading these places to their physical destruction and significance loss. It wants

people to realize that we must change our modern ways, stare at reality and

somehow return to OLDER TIMES.

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