On the impossibility of choosing black and white or color for a photograph

June 13th, 2008 § 7

§ 7 Responses to “On the impossibility of choosing black and white or color for a photograph”

  • g says:

    don’t forget sepia; lots of nice browns in there.

  • Chris Norris says:

    Color, no question. The reddish hair, the iconic brown that represents UPS delivery drivers, paired with the “medium brown bag”. The little splotches of yellow cab and yellow jacket on the outside edges. I think it’s gotta be color.

  • Amy de Wit says:

    oh definitely colour.

  • What a great post! And the age of Photoshop only makes this a more common dilemna. Though I agree: color. Although the b/w does make you more aware of the patterns on the UPS boxes and her busy dress pattern…

  • me says:

    who said, “color is what you get when you put color film in your camera?”

    The downside to digital comes when you go to make a print and it does not translate. I am battling that now. A digital bw print statement is very different from a chemical darkroom print. It is almost enough to make me go back for bw.

  • Of course color…

    Color contains most of the value of this photograph… the BW is becomes a “throw away”.

  • Robert says:

    …ok people seem to like this so I will make a “feature” of it…it will be a challenge for me to come up with photos that can work both ways.

    …I have another up my sleeve already!

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