Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Deciding to pick up a pencil instead of a paint brush. Drawing with pen and ink instead of colored pencils. Knowing when to dip the brush in black; or when to dip it in blue and mix that with a bit of red in order to express a visual thought. None of these decisions involve "right and/or wrong." Each involves a personal aesthetic choice; pure and simple. For as long as I can remember, even as a child, I was drawn to graphite, etchings, engravings, silver points, black and white photographs, rich monochrome or duo tone tonality - never questioned why - just really enjoyed looking at the variety of warm and/or cool blacks and deep earth tones that come with charcoal and conte; selenium and sepia. I have deep respect for talented colorists. My late friend and painter, Jim Zunk, was a true colorist; as is my first wife, painter Joyce Paul. I believe our Ric Carter is also a "natural" when it comes to using color "artistically." Mark R also seems to have a strong color aesthetic language that he's working with and on. Most people simply say, whether with words or with their photographs, "I prefer color." And do not truly understand color as painters do; or as the color photographers B.D. mentioned do. And that's just fine. Just choices for most. We know, for sure and nearly instantly, when someone knows how to truly speak exceptionally eloquently in color or in monochrome. a note off the iPad, George On Jul 7, 2013, at 9:03 AM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote: > Maybe, just maybe: > > We regard black & white as better because it was the medium of FSA, HCB, > et al. > > The pictures are better because the FSA greats and HCB had a better eye, > not because they used black & white > > just a thought