Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 4, 2011, at 1:17 AM, Henning Wulff wrote: > Our aesthetic has been formed by the fact that for a long time the main > photographic medium was the black and white photograph, and colour was not > readily available. > > Do we say that the Mona Lisa should have been in B&W, or any other > outstanding painting? Painting developed a colour palette a long time ago, > and this topic doesn't come up in this way any more, if it ever did. > > As I said before, if colour photography had been invented before or at the > same time as B&W photography, this whole discussion of B&W vs. colour > would never exist. > > All that said, I too have a fondness for B&W photos, and the majority of > the prints I have are B&W. I too grew up with B&W as the main formative > photographic aesthetic, and the great photos I saw early on were almost > all B&W. I feel that there's also a very personal part to play in all this. I love drawings in pen (brush) and ink, graphite, silver point, et al. I love monochromatic etchings, lithographs and engravings. I love black and white photographs. I admire fine use of color in paintings, prints and photographs. Though my true love seems to rest in strong monochrome graphics. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist