julianphotoart
No likey digital-phooey
A nice quote seen in this month's Popular Photographer:
"Black and white are the colours of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected"---Robert Frank
"Black and white are the colours of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected"---Robert Frank
fishtek
Don
My favorite is a paraphrase of Kennedy's statement about power. "Color corrupts and absolute color corrupts absolutely." Eddie Adams? Of course, nobody HAS to agree... I happily shoot color, too.
Regards!
Don
Regards!
Don
amateriat
We're all light!
"Color distracts, black-and-white distills." That one's mine. Of course, to quote Traffic, there are always exceptions.
- Barrett
- Barrett
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Bryce
Well-known
Somebody famous (maybe Weston?), circa the late 1960's-
"Color photography is vulgar."
"Color photography is vulgar."
Limpovitj
Established
Bryce said:
It was Walker Evans.
FrankS
Registered User
Colour seems to force one to look at the surface of subjects. The abstraction of B+W creates the illusion of being able to see deeper. FS
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Ducky
Well-known
I took a 3/4 profile of my granddaughter in color. Sweet, passive, slight smile. Very nice. When converted to BW she look sad and I dumped it. I hope the above is not always true.
Sorry, no example, it's in my archives someplace.
Bryce
Well-known
Limpovitj-
Thanks... I couldn't think who said that to save my life, only when it was said and that it tickles me.
Thanks... I couldn't think who said that to save my life, only when it was said and that it tickles me.
350D_user
B+W film devotee
"Great photography is about the visual effect upon the viewer, not sharpness"
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Carzee
unpimp deine auto-kamera!
Black n white vs colour? Faster PP -less complex white balance and profiling issues!
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
Ducky said:
Take heart, I took an noisy (iso 1600) digital picture of my daughter with her milk bottle, turn it into b/w and immediately the lack of color made her eyes draw mine in and wow!
That picture becomes one of my favorite.
DannL
Member
The Black and White photograph has a timeless quality, not found in a Color photograph.
kmack
do your job, then let go
This quote has been floating around RFF for a while.
I still have not seen it put any better than that.
I still have not seen it put any better than that.
