Re: [Leica] colour

[SthRosner@aol.com]

Case closed. For me what Ted has written here says all that needs to or that 
can usefully be said on the subject.  Seth     LaK 9

In a message dated 4/20/02 9:58:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tedgrant@shaw.ca 
writes:

>  I can't imagine shooting your beautiful "colours of India" in B&W even
>  though it's people. The true magic of the photography is the outstanding
>  colours of their clothing and your ability to see and capture it at just 
the
>  right moment.
>  
>  Nor can I imagine my book "This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William
>  Osler." on the medical profession being shot in colour with the same impact
>  as it has in B&W. Colour would take away the impact of concentration on the
>  subjects because it's what they're doing and not the colour of their
>  clothing.
>  
>  I've generally equated colour with travel and colourful events, festivals,
>  fashion where they're flogging pretty coloured clothes etc. In these cases
>  the "colour is the magic" and should be shot in colour.
>  
>  In similar vain, I relate to the battles of war, poverty, the down trodden,
>  the elite under some circumstances, the dramatic works of many of the great
>  photographers of the past century as being far more powerful in B&W than
>  colour. Why? Because they concentrate completely on the content of the
>  action or moment without any colour distraction.
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