Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Desecrated shrines. Marty On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:53 AM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Well you can make that +2... they are wrong and prove me right once again.. > So here I go:-) > >>>> "When you photograph people in colour; you photograph their clothes. But > > when you photograph people in B&W you photograph their souls'!"<<<< > > In the picture of the Monk in flames in Saigon in B&W you see him in a > stronger fashion than in colour. In colour your eyes go right to the flames > and the bright blue car in bkgrd! Then you start looking for or what maybe > the human engulfed in flames. It's the content that matters because it's a > human being first and everything else is after the fact. Colour no matter > how extremely well done, eliminates the impact of the scene photo after > photo! Certainly in varying degrees. Or it takes your eyes away from the > main body of the photo. > > The famous photo by Eddie Adams of the VC being shot through the head! Same > thing.... the power is in the B&W! Why? Because we as humans have been > watching colour TV, films, magazines and newspapers for so many years right > there in our family or living rooms. Have or are slowly becoming to some > degree immune to violent scenes in colour! It seems to have a "Hollywood > fix" to it and it isn't real. > > Look at any of these original photos in B&W, there is a greater intensity > about the original photo without the colour which "softens the effect" of > whatever is going on! It's the colours throwing off our reading the > content. > The WW2 KISS photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt. In colour it just looks like a > Hollywood scene or some kind of newspaper set-up. The colour eliminates the > historical aspects of the time. For me it takes away the reality of the > moment. > > "WORLD'S HIGHEST STANDARD OF LIVING" > In B&W it holds the visual effect right there in your face of these > unfortunate people so strongly, it's a photo you feel the tragic scene and > situation without question! It feels real looking! > > "COLOUR?" > It completely destroys the downtrodden feeling, the people don't look like > they are a starving group of folks endangered due to the economic situation > of those times. Once again colour takes away a feeling of the historical > effects. > > Anyway I bet more of the older crew members who grew up with the incredible > B&W photography of LIFE, LOOK, DER STERN, PARIS MATCH and others, will have > a greater feeling for what I'm saying. I have absolutely no fault with the > incredible talent illustrated by this artist. But it just doesn't do one > whit of a thing for any of the photos in a reality sense, my 2 cents! > > But for sure, this would be one incredible topic for a group discussion > seated at a round table a beer in hand.:-) Oh yeah and a plate of munchies! > :-) > > cheers, > Dr. ted > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at > frozenlight.eu> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Expertly done colored version of the famous B&S photos > > > >> +1 >> >> On 19 Jan, 2012, at 21:08 , Tina Manley wrote: >> >>> I totally disagree with the blog. ?The colorized photos look like >>> snapshots. ?The B&W look like history. ?Maybe because I'm an OLD person. >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Richard Man >>> <richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote: >>> >>>> For the record, I am "Tri-X all the way," but this is interesting: >>>> >>>> http://gizmodo.com/color/ >>>> >>>> There is another series where the human figures were removed from the >>>> iconic photos. >>>> -- >>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tina Manley, ASMP > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information