[Leica] There is more to light than how bright it is...

[abridge at dcn.org (Adam Bridge)]

On 5/6/04 <bdcolen@earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)> thoughtfully wrote: 

>
>Yes, it's true that had color film been invented first, we would
>probably not have monochrome film - or if we had it, it would simply be
>a novelty. But that's irrelevant, because black and white film was
>invented first, and black and white iconic images are what we ultimately
>judge all photography against.
>

Even for artists who have color available to them, many works were done in 
black
and white to explore value and texture.

Unless we live in that world of Calvin and Hobbs where the dad explains how 
the
world was in black and white until the 30s. A great comic strip.

Adam