some Black and white inspiration

DotOrg · 12-09-2009 9:06pm #1

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/09/09/beautiful-black-and-white-photography-2/

Today, in the era of digital technology black and white are often awake nostalgic feelings of the 20th century, the good old times when the television was just invented, when people read colorless printed newspapers and when people were just imagining cell phones equipped with photo cameras. But still, dozens of years later, many artists still use black and white photography for artistic purposes. It is one of the best and cheapest types of photography for the beginners to test their creativity. This showcase is a tribute to this often forgotten and underrated art of photography.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/09/09/beautiful-black-and-white-photography-2/

Fajitas! · 12-09-2009 9:10pm

Black and white is an interesting one.

I wonder, if colour film was invented first, would black and white ever be used?

Ghost Train · 12-09-2009 9:36pm

some great black and white shots there

DotOrg · 12-09-2009 9:45pm

Fajitas! wrote: »

Black and white is an interesting one.

I wonder, if colour film was invented first, would black and white ever be used?

i would say yes but not nearly as much as it is. Colour was invented before techniques like cross processing, selective colouring, desaturation etc, whatever colours are in images we as photographers take, we're always tempted to add, remove and change them

ThOnda · 12-09-2009 11:22pm

They were trying funny techniques because BW could be plain, boring, with lack of tonal composition and punch. We are all trying to be different, new, remember-able (is that a word)?

BW could be called simpler because you don't have to work with another layer of information called "the colour". That does not mean that you are less skilled to create good BW picture, not to mention that it is easier.

Chorcai · 13-09-2009 3:53am

ThOnda wrote: »

We are all trying to be different, new, remember-able (is that a word)?

Memorable, unique ?

Doesn't everyone try to get that killer shot.

Burnt · 13-09-2009 1:05pm

I feel that B&W's greatest asset is that it focuses the viewer on the composition/subject of the image, in particular in situations that you
can't really control. Colour can be a huge distraction, one wee bit of red off to one side of a frame can distract greatly from another wise
great photo.

Rojo · 13-09-2009 1:56pm

oh man, some of them are absolutely gorgeous! I'm going back to the darkroom!!

some Black and white inspiration

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