Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/16
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>and white is alive and well in photojournalism. It should be noted those
>five photographers' work is still printed black and white. Which may have
>something to do with it since they think black and white when they shoot,
>even though for several years they've shot color negative.
To be clear, are these photographers not shooting colour neg film?
It is only B&W because the paper only prints B&W.
I would like to see their COLOUR prints and compare them to the B&W
to see if they stand up.
When I edited for the MSF book (see sig file) I had to decide which
images would be colour and which would be B&W. Since I only shot colour
transparency (have to protect my long term investment) is was an amazing
exercise to scan and convert a couple of hundred slides.
It really teaches you what draws you to a scene or image and the
elements at play. The impact of some photos remained the same, some were
better in B&W, some remained better images as colour.
Film types, like lenses and other photographic tools are best chosen
for the job and desired effect.
Greg Locke <locke@straylight.ca>
St. John's, Newfoundland.
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