Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I find that "form" speaks to us and no form speaks volumes as much as a face, for example. A well shot portrait in color or B&W has the same impact IMO. On the other side, a color or B&W image without much form speaks less, saying "I'm a snapshot." Unless there are other historical elements involved, it will forever remain a snapshot. The importance of this is well put by Szarkowski in the Eggleston Guide. In B&W form can be created by removing distractions, changing tonal relationships,etc. a la Adams and Minor White. This is more difficult to do in color. In either case light is the main force behind form. On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Craig Semetko <csemetko at gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, I am selling b&w work, and from what i've seen in galleries many are > selling b&w as well. And Tina and Ted have chimed in that they are too. > > For the most part, for my type of photography, I just like B&W better. To > me, it seems to have more gravitas. I'm shooting both film and digital but > converting most digital to B&W with silver efex pro. It just seems to look > more timeless to me. Three of my images, I think, in my upcoming show at > the > Leica Gallery in NYC are converted M8 and M9 files. If I processed them > well, it's just about impossible to tell the prints from silver gelatin. > > craig > > > On Jan 4, 2011, at 11:11 PM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >> >> Really whose making and selling recently made black and white >>> photography? >>> On the LUG we have Craig Semetko. >>> But I believe Crag is the exception not the rule. >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >