Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When you choose to do a black and white version of what someone looks like, and you decide to throw away all color information because it is not important to YOU, you have simplified what that person is it is a caricature a good caricature can tell you much about an individual, but is not necessarily better for the purpose Emanuel's first post was NOT to say that color was superior--nor are any of my comments meant that way. What I was saying is that I tire of the idea held by some that black and white is naturally superior. I believe that is wrong--we can talk all day about why we prefer one or the other--there are lots of reasons to find--the period of my upbringing and my budget when I was learning photography for instance prefer which ever you like, just do not tell me that your (collective not personal) opinion is an innate fact of life I love my world in color--I like both you color and B&W pictures maybe I'm just dogma averse ric On Dec 12, 2012, at 1:39 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > Caricature? So any photos made before color film was available are > caricatures? I don't get that. > > I love B&W photography. It *sometimes** *turns a snapshot into art by > reducing the content to form and composition which could be a type of > caricature but not under the usual definition of oversimplification or > satirical content. Unless the photo is flowers, sunsets, sports, or > wildlife, I almost always prefer B&W over color. Would Salgado's photos be > as effective in color? He is photographing currently and has the choice. I > guess we are all different and have different opinions! > > Standing up for B&W here, surprised to have to do that on a Leica list! > > Tina > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> > wrote: > >> and turning them into B&W caricature shows them how the photographer >> thinks they are >> >> ric >> >> >> On Dec 12, 2012, at 12:09 PM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> wrote: >> >>> how is that NOT how they are? >>> >>> it seems to me precisely how they are >>> >>> ric >>> >>> >>> On Dec 12, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> occurs to me this concerns how they want to be seen, not how they are. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information