About Tom Marshall (artist)
Tom Marshall (born 25 February 1988) is a British model maker, voice actor, director and image editor known for his colourisations of historical black and white photographs, often working under the name PhotograFix. He is a scale model maker with his model company Buggleskelly Station. == Early life == Marshall was born in Leicester, England and grew up in Rutland and Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. He studied Media Production at Brooksby Melton College and the University of Lincoln. == Photo colourising career == Marshall's creative process involves adding colour to black and white photographs using Photoshop. For images where the colours aren't known or for historical photographs he relies on research for accuracy and his best judgement. In a 2016 BBC interview, Marshall explained his motive behind photo colourisation. People "sadly don't take a lot of interest in a black and white photo, whereas if they see something that's turned into colour from 100 years ago, it generates a lot more interest"." In 2016 the Irish Independent commissioned Marshall to colourise a series of photos from their archive taken during the Easter Rising. These were published in April 2017. Marshall's most notable projects have been those to mark centenaries of significant battles of the First World War including the Battle of the Somme and Battle of Passchendaele.
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