17 June 26

Seeing in Black and White

A black and white photograph in portrait orientation of a brick wall with steps in the lower right corner and a window in the upper left corner. There is a crack running diagonally across the wall upper left to lower right. Every now and then I get inspired to take photos in monochrome with my everyday carry camera. This makes me view the world in a different way, looking for strong contrasts in value and interesting patterns. Black and white photography can point on one hand towards the visually more abstract and on the other hand towards capturing the essence of interactions.

This image from my recent spell of monochrome photography shows the wall of a nearby church building. It is an example of a black and white photograph that does not work at all if it was in color. What one would see in color is a literal wall of red, overwhelming the image’s patterns.

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