When sometimes people ask me
why I´m doing now Photograpy only in colors I answer that it is because I
have color memories and I dream in color. But what interests me more is the
emotion of the images through the use at same time of shadow and color
rendering. I feel color brings out in my photos an extra meaning and better depth
/ layers / tridimensionality - improving object recognition and associations
inside frame. Color should be part of the story, not a distraction from it.
It is definitely a personal
preference. Some photographers only shoot in color, others prefer black and
white for all their work. What really matters is that a photograph is good one -
either in Color or in B&W. Both mediums have is own benefits.
It is known that there are
several great photographers that have switched to color: Stephen Shore, Fred
Herzog, William Eggleston, Joel Sternfeld, Joel Meyerowitz, Nikos Economopoulos,
etc.
The evolution of a
photographer is done mainly in an instinctive way. Things happen gradually and
intuitively without being programmed. And sometimes they surprises us.
Our way of seeing may change
over the years. If it is so - means the photographer in us has not stagnated
and evolved. And it can switch from B&W to Color or from Color to B&W.
All quotations from authors
defending the supremacy of one over the other are biased and are intended to
justify the kind of photography that one does.
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