That's a common reason given for photographers preferring black & white. Photojournalism is all about the subject matter, and colour tends to be a distraction from that.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: E.R.N. Reed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 06 October 2005 16:01 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: 50 years of photojournalism > > David Mann 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? > > > >
