Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, I do not agree with you. I think you are extrapolating your preferences on all of us. The photographs/books that have influenced me are mainly in colour, starting with Ernst Haas "The Creation" and Eliot Porter's work a few decades ago. Remember, also, that a photograph considered iconic by Americans, like "Migrant Mother", and the rest of the FSA archive, which just happens to be in B&W, have zero emotional impact for me (and probably 98% of the world's population), I have seen far worse poverty with my own eyes. These subjects have cars, they have clothes, they have a roof over their heads! A lot of this "impact" of photographs is entirely dependent on the cultural spectacles that you see them through... Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > 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. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >