Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 12 Oct 2005 at 13:06, Tina Manley wrote: > So far, the vote is 14 for B&W, 7 for color, 4 for Sepia, and 4 > undecided (including me). I'm gonna vote "Yes" and argue that "better" or "Not Better" says more about the viewers than the photographs, all of which are to one degree or another exceptionally fine. I don't think I can comfortably make a statement that the group as a whole should be one or the other; many I like both ways -- though they do seem to have different meanings, when treated differently. I think perhaps BD came close, that B&W is Documentary, but I'd think that in this case the degree of intimacy and comfort in the photos suggests that the color set is more akin to perhaps Karen's idea of photoethnography than to it is to tourism. The color sense in the pictures isn't secondary, it's an intrinsic part of the indigenous culture and mindspace. It's not surprising that of the LUG would go for B&W, though; with the possible exception of Kyle we're all to one degree or another traditionalists and this is a classic execution of traditional B&W subject matter. Thanks, Tina. -- R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request