BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS BROUGHT TO LIFE

BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour. From Audrey Hepburn to the cast of Gone with the Wind, we are given a glance to how these historic moments would have really looked. These artistic photographs were created by American photo restoration and colourisation expert Wayne Degan, 33, after he decided to revive old black and white photographs by adding colour to them. 'I try to bring the image to life in a very detailed way,' says Wayne, of Bangor, Maine..

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BUG LOOKS JUST LIKE SATAN

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VISOR FASHION FAIL

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£34m TAX FRAUD RACKET JAILED

A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .

MOUNT BROMO METEOR SHOWER

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STRIKING IMAGES RECREATE WORLD WAR II

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SLEEPING IN THE MOONLIGHT

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WHITE TAILED EAGLES FIGHT FOR FOOD

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