Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Tina, Just like I say: "when you photograph people in colour, you photograph their clothes! " "When you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls! " The pink clothing takes the viewers eye away from her eyes, as well the seemingly slight hint of "pink lipstick" I also find a distraction. There's better eye highlight in B&W. In the colour frame there are two subjects, the colour of the clothes and the subject herself. The eye is drawn back and forth. Where as in black and white the eye stays with the subjects face and eyes rather than bouncing back and forth as happens in the colour frame. I believe people subjects are always more powerful in B&W than in colour. Even images of war, famine and the down trodden have greater impact in B&W. If they weren't of greater impact, Natchweys book INFERNO wouldn't be as powerful as it is. ted Victoria, Canada http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant