【AI Colorized】A Life in Portraits 1907-1968 Ye Jinglu's 62 annual portraits

Ye Jinglu was born in 1881, Fuzhou, China. For 62 years, Mr.Ye took a self-portrait every year from 1907 until 1968. His portraits compiled a series of personal autobiography that across 3 eras of China: late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China, and the People’s Republic of China.
In 2007, the portraits of Mr.Ye were rediscovered by Beijing collector Tong Bingxue. Since 2011, the portraits have been on a travel exhibit around the world. It went viral in China and until now.

Hello this is DGSpitzer! This work basically took me 1 month to finish. Hope you like it!
I played the piano and composed the rest of the music in this video (except the first one composed by Chopin)
The opening is made by @Vivy Has A Dream
Original photos from the historian & collector @Tongbingxue
Those photos are at first colorized by DeOldify + Topaz Labs upscaling，and some background & details are redrawn and fixed by me.

[cindychen]

He was a handsome man, lived a long life in this turmoil Chinese history, he must have a kind, and humble heart in order to survive that.

[whatif]

I feel as if I got to know him quite well and was sad at the end when he died.

[shanjia]

don't know why but couldn't help crying while watching his beautiful mini documentary of Mr. Ye

[newuserxj]

You can see the effect of the great Chinese famine of 1959 and 1961. Even for a relatively abundant coastal city of Fuzhou, a well-to-do person like Ye became much thinner between 1958 and 1961 in the photographs. We are truly the embodiment of history.

[harumatsu]

とても上品で容姿端麗、そしてお洒落な方ですね。
激動の時代を生きた６２枚のポートレートは感動的でした。

[banamai]

A very touching record of a man's life. He led a good life, despite the ups and downs of his time. Thank you DGSpitzer. And thank you, Mr. Ye.

[gabriellejosef-marie]

I wish I could see all the portraits together...to better view the age progression. He certainly aged very gracefully. Even in his later years, he still retained a youthfulness.

[mikey-ficw]

The thing that interested me was how the look of his age was mostly affected by the circumstances of his life rather than his age itself. What I take from this is to keep a strong feeling of joy, no matter the circumstances, and to also eat healthy. Nice work Mr DGSpitzer, thanks!

[buyannemekhchimeddorj]

What a handsome man! He looked so fresh and young till age 80 almost. Really enjoyed this watching, thank you!

[happylife]

I don’t know this grandpa. But for some reason his pictures make me wanna cry. What a life he had lived and thank you so much for these pictures.

[wylderwynd]

Thank you for sharing this. I am grateful that Ye Jinglu was diligent in taking his photo each year. The portraits tell his story and that of China - fascinating.
Also, Ye Jinglu looked amazingly young for someone in his 80's! Well done, Ye Jinglu!

[renaoh]

I admired his dedication in recording his growth annually, never missing a year.

[HugoBrown]

Very Beautiful, thanks for shring Mr Ye life in photo's... May he rest in eternal peace

[eunji_choi]

very impressive !! love the portraits of Ye Jinglu.

[lisahinton]

I don't know why this showed up in my recommendations, but I'm glad it did.

[rukiachanbleach]

China has a amazing story. Love this country

[lowengkok]

They are the same, just like us in everyday life, only the dress or their attire is different. That all. This is good stuff. HOLIO.

[rebeccatsai]

Incredible! A man who lives in the very turmoil era of modern China is still able to take annual portraits for 62 years. He does look kind and peaceful in every single portrait.

[SiWang]

This is so beautiful and kind of sad for some reason.

[johndelacruz]

Very heart warming. Thank u for posting