[Leica] Street photography in B&W?

[RicCarter]

I have finally reached this conclusion:

There is no more bullshit photographic question than "Which is more [insert whatever term you like here], black & white or color?"

Very quickly, it descends into "Real photographers shoot black & white," which I have now come to regard as a personal insult.

Each of us has our own preferences. None of them is founded in anything other than opinion and personal taste.

I'll do a little self examination to investigate if I do color because it is "easy." 

Jay, who himself asked the original question, is an excellent street shooter and uses mostly color. The world is full of excellent color street photography. Is B&W the "fashion" of the field is a different question.

You trying to stir up something, Jay? ;^)

Sorry to be grumpy. I'll now try to go back to remaining quiet when color or black & white questions arise here.

Ric Carter
www.CartersXRd.net
http://www.facebook.com/ric.carter

“When you don’t shoot color, you don’t have to worry about color.” — Jay Hunter


> On Nov 7, 2014, at 10:51 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I may be an old fogie past my prime,  but I still prefer B&W to color in
> almost all photos of people and in quite a few more also.  Just because
> color is possible and easy doesn't mean it's always the best choice!
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Larry Zeitlin via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> An ancillary question - does a good "street" photographer only shoot B&W,
>> i.e ?is infra dig? :-)
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>> 
>> 
>> - - - -
>> That's a very interesting question. In my post retirement career as an art
>> and photo show reviewer I find relatively few "street photos" exhibited but
>> virtually all are in B&W. There is a feeling amongst show curators and
>> jurists that B&W photos are more immediate and authentic. Of course most of
>> these guys are 60 years old or older and are familiar with wartime
>> pictures, the police shots of WeeGee, and the stuff that was popularized in
>> the older photo magazines. Naturally, any picture taken with a cell phone
>> cannot be true "street photography."?Color pictures seem to be too
>> processed to be true street photography.?
>> 
>> 
>> I remember the outrage in the LUG several years ago when I criticized Dr.
>> Ted's assertion that B&W had more impact than color in depicting scenes of
>> trauma. I wonder how people will feel about it after a couple of
>> generations of digital camera use and the ubiquity of cell phones. Come on
>> guys. Regardless of the Leica Monochrom, color has won the imaging battle.
>> And it will be true as well in street photography after all the mossbacks
>> have passed on.
>> Larry Z ?
>> 
>> 
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