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It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards
(Lewis Carroll)
Doch was, wenn alles zugleich geschieht –
Erinnerung, Spiegelbild, Verschwinden?
Ein Gesicht, halb da, halb fort,
flimmert zwischen gestern und gleich.
Der Raum atmet Stille,
der Blick sucht Halt im eigenen Schatten.
Hier ist Zeit nicht Linie,
sondern Fläche –
verwischt, gespiegelt,
offen nach innen.
Natural light studio with my two favorite models. After a couple very tough outdoors shoots with them I told them I owed them a nice comfortable shoot- we traded cold water and hard rocks for soft flowing fabric in a warm studio.
Current mainstream seems to prefer black & white. However the real world comes with colors. So why is black & white liked better?
The reason is probably simple: It is easier to create B&W as it is easier to digest B&W.
For photographers: B&W doesn't ask for managing colors, doesn't require respecting messages which colors automatically bring, doesn't contain color-intrinsic moods (e.g. red for love, red for aggression).
B/W focuses on a picture's structures but subordinates the message of the scene.
Color does similarly – just the other way round.
For viewers: It's ways easier to detect the structures, the geometry of a picture by not being distracted by additional information coming from colors or the scene. B&W is much easier digested. It's fine for the quick glance, but it runs the risk for becoming boring when being watched intensively.
This series of pictures tries to show the B&W baseline (drawing) which makes the foundation for the final picture (painting).
Choose by yourself.