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^A storm in formation: the B&W version gives a more intimidating atmosphere to my taste
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In the colour film days, black and white photography was less popular among the common folks. Back in my dad's younger years, all he could use were B&W films. There are hundreds of his B&W works about me in the 1X1 format. But when I was old enough to learn photography, people simply forgot and almost forsook B&W. Colour films were the norm of those days.
Then, the digital era seems to have rekindled the B&W passion, kudos to the (almost) costless digital copies and post processing programmes. But what do we know about B&W photography?
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B&W is special in its own right. In photography, it is a different representation of the reality in relation to colour photography. Its black-white-grey tone is sort of surreal as compared with the reality in colour. B&W photography is therefore an abstract dbw%5B6%5D.jpg "R0015906 (Medium)bw")
Interestingly, without the interference of colours, the image appeals to the viewers with a more forceful narrative impact. If photography is a language, and it is, B&W speaks it with clarity.
^ Two versions: I like the B&W texture
In the following few posts, I hope to steal a peek with you into some great minds about their understanding of B&W photography.
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