Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What I'm saying is that I find two of these images interesting as color compositions...some color images are about color, just as sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. On the whole I think this group of images would be much stronger in black and white, because the color not only doesn't add anything to the images, but rather, it distracts... -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Powell Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:19 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Depression FSA Kodachromes On May 31, 2004, at 7:32 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > Red dress, and tending cotton on rented land...And by saying they work > as color images I mean they work as images that are ABOUT the color - > I'm not saying that they work as documents that are in color...This > collection includes some images that weren't in the Magazine, btw.... I'm not sure that's a fair line to draw in assessing the images - we don't judge most B&W shots as being 'about the gray tones.' Color and tonality are one element of many, especially in something like this (that weren't fine-art or color abstracts). The faded, ancient look of the chromes is a benefit to them being about the color - it's a level of abstraction (as we don't see in that faded color palette) much like B&W. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information