>> Colourisation does not bring us closer to the past; it increases the gap between now and then. It does not enable immediacy; it creates difference. > This r

>> Colourisation does not bring us closer to the past; it increases the gap between now and then. It does not enable immediacy; it creates difference. > This really makes me wonder. How does it increase the gap, in comparison to B&W pictures? How is the difference not there already? And why is that bad? Probably because the colorization can be misleading. With a B&W images, it's clear the color data is missing. With a colorized photo, a red building could be shown as blue or gray, and someone could leave with the false understanding the the building was really a different color than it actually was.