Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve Barbour wrote: > > On Mar 2, 2009, at 7:41 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > >> At 03:51 PM 3/1/2009, you wrote: >> >>> it's sort of a paradox, I know the color sells better, but you can >>> only say ..."look at the beautiful colors" in so many ways, then it >>> becomes redundant... >>> >>> color has replaced content... >>> Steve >> >> >> I agree, Steve, and I almost always prefer B&W, but for some >> cultures, color is such an important part of their lives that to >> leave it out seems to be leaving out part of their character. In >> Peru, all of their handicrafts, clothes, weavings - everything that >> they surround themselves with is brilliantly colored. Out in the >> rural areas, their homes are made of adobe mud - dark brown - and >> most do not have electricity. It's all dark and drab and mud- >> colored except for the bright splashes of their weavings. I think >> in this case, color is part of the content and has not replaced it. >> I do intend to try most of them both ways. So far, I've only looked >> at the jpegs - half of which are B&W and half color. I'm sure I'll >> end up switching in some cases, but right now I'm sticking with my >> original decision. > > > > > I do understand Tina and it's a tough call; we have discussed this > dilemma before. Color is essential from one perspective, but it has > obvious negatives, and if you want to sell the photos, common wisdom > is that color is necessary... > > Just the obvious question ..why is color necessary to the people http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Morris Reading the Naked Ape might provide some clues Amiti?s Philippe > and to the photos..brings up an interesting deep question, why is > color added on by the people to their customary drab lives...? > what would you see if you looked underneath ie beyond the color ? It > does raise the interesting possibility that you would see the people > quite differently... > > > Steve > > > > >> >> Tina >> >> Tina Manley >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >