Photography freezes forever a moment in time; it is one of our ways of seeing the ever moving, ever changing world about us. But is not confined to just recording, even with our own individual style. Rather it also enables us to see things in ways that are quite different to what our eyes are able to capture.
Personally I adore colour but love the film noir moodiness that black and whites images convey. Also by converting a colourful plant, for example, into black and white, we are better able to appreciate its form – both sculpture like and yet strikingly real.
“Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive.” – Eliott Erwitt
What I love about Black & White photographs is that they’re more like reading the book than seeing the movie” – Jennifer Price
“Black and white is abstract; color is not. Looking at a black and white photograph, you are already looking at a strange world.” – Joel Sternfeld
“Although humans see reality in color, for me, black and white has always been connected to the image’s deeper truth, to its most hidden meaning.” — Peter Lindbergh
Joining Leanne’s Wednesday prompt for B&W enthusiasts – Monochrome Madness where coincidentally she has also focused on plant forms
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Such gorgeous frozen moments, Laura. xoxo
thank you Marina – in some ways it almost feels sacrilegious to remove the colour and movement of plants but yet we see the artistry!
Oh, yes, we do indeed!
truly beautiful!
~David
toda!
Beautiful frozen moments. The last one in soft focus is a delight, multi exposure?
thank you Jude- I modified the last one in Lightroom by playing with contrast and texture and adding a slight white vignette but also used a wide aperture and it came out a bit blurry as the day was breezy and I had to bend down too so clarity was compromised!
Black and white creates a magic with the shadows. (K)
And as such demonstrates the light versus subject ratio
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These are beautiful examples of those quotes and how photographing in black-in-white allows us to see a familiar object in another way. You are inspiring me to want to do a series of photos of my teens in black-and-white, to capture them as they are right now. Now…to convince them this is a good idea.
Nice idea Bridget especially as B&W works so well with portraits – is this helpful?
B&W portrait photo tips
It is! Thank you.