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Tom Marshall B.A. (Hons)

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Black Britain in Colour

Jun 13, 2020

Black Britain in Colour

As a White Englishman, I have power and privilege simply due to the colour of my skin, and I won't pretend to know what it must be like growing up in a world of institutional racism. I equally don't know how I should best respond to the current situation. There have been major protests across the world following the killing of George Floyd, a Black American man at the hands of the police. The UK isn't innocent, and Black people in Britain continue to suffer inequality and u

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The Horror of the Holocaust in Colour

Jan 27, 2020

The Horror of the Holocaust in Colour

"Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky" - Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor. Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz by the Soviets, and to mark this anniversary I have colourised a selection of photos taken throughout the first few months of 1945, as the wider world became fully aware of the horrors of the Nazi holocaust. This is the most harrowing p

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Those Magnificent Men: Everyday Heroes of the RAF in Colour

Mar 29, 2018

Those Magnificent Men: Everyday Heroes of the RAF in Colour

April 1st 2018 marks 100 years since the formation of the Royal Air Force (RAF). On previous significant anniversaries I have colourised sets of official photographs to mark the occasions, such as my Somme and Passchendaele projects. This time I’ve decided to do something slightly different and have collated personal family photographs I’ve colourised for various clients over the past few years, to show the ordinary airmen of the RAF in colour for the first time. Women have

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The Welsh Guards in Colour

Feb 10, 2016

The Welsh Guards in Colour

in 2014 I was asked by the Welsh Guards to colourise a series of photos for Trevor Royle's book 'Bearskins, Bayonets and Body Armour: Welsh Guards, 1915-2015'. The project was a massive undertaking and required hours of research into the colours of uniforms and equipment. I was lucky enough to have the help of ex-Guards officer and writer Nicholas Drummond to get the colours as authentic as possible. The text accompanying the following photos includes information taken from

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A Chaplain at Belsen

Oct 28, 2015

A Chaplain at Belsen

WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES. (Originally written April 2015) The images contained in this article may be shocking, but are included to highlight a very dark period of human history. In my line of work as a photo restorer and colouriser of historical photos, I often come across very interesting stories that impel me to dig deeper and find out as much as I can about the people in the pictures, and what they did with their lives. This article is a bit different

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Two Tigers

Jul 23, 2015

Two Tigers

Photos of a father and son, taken 30 years apart. Arthur James Langran served with the Leicestershire Regiment during the First World War and his son Peter Francis Langran served with the same regiment during the Second World War. The Leicestershire Regiment were famously known as the “Tigers” after their service in India during the early 19th century. From 1925 the regiment was granted the badge of a royal tiger, which can be seen on AJ Langran’s cap in his portrait. The

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