Combining the best of vintage railroad photography with digital art, "The Very Best of Colorized Railroad Photography: Southeastern Steam and Early Diesels" features dozens of stunning colorized renditions of original black & white railroad photos from the 1940s, '50s and '60s, from the cameras of such well-known "golden era" photographers as J. Parker Lamb, David Salter, and Frank Ardrey.
The colorized images, which digital artist Tom Alderman refers to as "pseudochromes" for their realistic comparison to color slide film, include trains and locomotives from "fallen flag" Southeastern railroads Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, Southern Railway, Central of Georgia, Louisville & Nashville, Western Railway of Alabama, Gulf, Mobile & Ohio, Frisco, Florida East Coast, and Illinois Central.
Each colorized image is printed full page in landscape format, accompanied by the original black & white photo and a detailed narrative for historical context. The album introduction includes a step-by-step description of the artist's colorizing process, using digital brushes, pencils, and other tools to produce an accurately detailed color image from the original black & white photograph, down to the smallest detail.
The 144-page hardcover album is printed on coated gloss paper, bound in a gold foil-stamped cloth cover and wrapped in a luxurious film laminated dust jacket. The signed limited edition of 500 copies is available for a limited time with free First Class shipping.
