Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you. Exactly my point too. It's almost never B&W vs. Color, but B&W and Color. However, my point is that the images that have the maximum impact on the viewers, chances are they are B&W images. On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Montie Talbert <montoid at earthlink.net>wrote: > Interesting topic. I guess one could call me a monochrome > photography freak! I love everything about it. As artistic > mediums go, it has a vast array of strengths with few limitations > that could separate an artist's idea from his final work. > > IMO, discussions should not be B&W vs Color, rather, B&W AND > Color. B&W does not show color. Color shows color. Nothing > is lost. > > Montie > > > On Jan 4, 2011, at 1:17 AM, Henning Wulff wrote: > > > Our aesthetic has been formed by the fact that for a long time the main > photographic medium was the black and white photograph, and colour was not > readily available. > > > > Do we say that the Mona Lisa should have been in B&W, or any other > outstanding painting? Painting developed a colour palette a long time ago, > and this topic doesn't come up in this way any more, if it ever did. > > > > As I said before, if colour photography had been invented before or at > the same time as B&W photography, this whole discussion of B&W vs. colour > would never exist. > > > > All that said, I too have a fondness for B&W photos, and the majority of > the prints I have are B&W. I too grew up with B&W as the main formative > photographic aesthetic, and the great photos I saw early on were almost all > B&W. > > > >>I feel that there's also a very personal part to play in all this. > I love drawings in pen (brush) and ink, graphite, silver point, et al. > I love monochromatic etchings, lithographs and engravings. > I love black and white photographs. > I admire fine use of color in paintings, prints and photographs. > Though my true love seems to rest in strong monochrome graphics. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]