Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's not an antidote, Andrew, it's your opinion. Quite frankly, I think many of your photos would be infinitely stronger in black and white. As they are posted now, all I see in many of them are colors, rather than people. Yes, it's true that had color film been invented first, we would probably not have monochrome film - or if we had it, it would simply be a novelty. But that's irrelevant, because black and white film was invented first, and black and white iconic images are what we ultimately judge all photography against. Certainly there are some subjects that are inherently "color" subjects. But there are many, many that are not. Imagine Salgado's work in color...Imagine Eugene Smith's... B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Nemeth Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 6:59 PM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] There is more to light than how bright it is... On 07/05/2004, at 6:52 AM, Ted Grant opined: > In other words when I say, "When you photograph people in colour, you > photograph their clothes. But when you photograph them in B&W you > photograph their souls!" > > Will we shoot more "soul showing" pictures because we see it in B&W? > Some > how I believe it'll be the first thing first... "how the light is > working on > the subject regardless of seeing it in B&W or colour. " > For a much-needed antidote to this "B&W = truth" madness, see <http://4020.net/unposed/critics.shtml#bw> For every hypothesis there is an anti-hypothesis. :?) Regds, Andrew Nemeth Blue Mountains NSW Australia <http://nemeng.com> _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information