Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/08
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on 8/5/00 9:32 AM, Robert Appleby and Sue Darlow at laintal@tin.it wrote:
> I suspect that a lot of the B+W fetishism ("B+W gets to the soul of the
> scene", blah blah blah) really comes down to B+W being a much more
> forgiving medium than colour slide, along with the historical priority of
> B+W in photojournalism.
On topic, I think, since Leicas are ideal bw machines!!!
For me the point of using bw is simply that through tonal manipulation in
the darkroom or photoshop you can alter the emotional content and impact of
a photograph completely... a key part of the creative process.
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John Brownlow
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com