Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 07 Jul 2013 George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote: Subject: Re: [Leica] Mr. B. D. Colen speaks >... >For as long as I can remember, even as a child, I was drawn to graphite, >etchings, engravings, silver points, black and white photographs, rich >monochrome or duo tone tonality - never >questioned why - just really >enjoyed looking at the variety of warm and/or cool blacks and deep earth >tones that come with charcoal and conte; selenium and sepia. ============================================================================================================================================== Me too. One of the books I treasured as a child (and still love) is Idylls of the King, with fantastic engravings by Gustave Dore. And since I started out with a love of doing pen & ink drawings, B&W photography was a perfect transition. I prefer B&W movies too. Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA POY 1978 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt