Sunday Morning Coming Up

This photograph, captured in 1990, carries the quiet weight of a Sunday morning. Shot on Kodak Tri-X film with a Minolta XGM and a fast 50mm f/1.4 lens, it reflects the timeless charm of film photography: rich grain, soft contrast, and the subtle interplay of light and shadow that only Tri-X can deliver.

Sunday Morning Coming Up (Original B&W) ©2025 Eric Wells Hatheway

Inspired by the reflective tone of Johnny Cash’s Sunday Morning Coming Down, the image evokes the feeling of a still world slowly stirring to life. The original black-and-white photograph captures the essence of a quiet, contemplative morning, while the bottom version has been colorized using Google’s Nano Banana. The colorization adds a new layer of mood, reimagining a familiar moment with modern technology and bridging 1990 film nostalgia with today’s digital tools.

Sunday Morning Coming Up (Colorized) ©2025 Eric Wells Hatheway

Whether in monochrome or colorized form, Sunday Morning Coming Up invites the viewer to pause, reflect, and step back into a slower rhythm of life.

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Eric Hatheway is a formally trained fine artist, visual designer and photographer based in Tulsa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Eric successfully combined a marketing degree and an art degree to create a design studio that operated in Tulsa for 25 years serving clients around the world. Currently, Eric works by special arrangement and commission with an emphasis on designing brands, fine art production and photographic works.

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