On Oct 6, 2005, at 8:01 AM, E.R.N. Reed wrote:
I'm having trouble working out why I prefer PJ photos in black &
white. Does anyone else have this preference?
Apparently plenty of people (though I am not one.) A certain PJ
friend of mine once expressed it to me as "sometimes color gets in
the way." Does that resonate with you?
Yes. B&W forces me to see shape, form, light. It separates me further
from the reality and into the language of the photograph. Color can
be annoyingly real and difficult to distance oneself from. Sometimes
you just can't see past the blood and into the emotion.
Godfrey
