Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Reasonably, to make a fair comparison you should then restrict the
photos to those taken in the last 40 or even less years. Whenever
publications had the capability to publish colour photos as readily
as B&W.
Before that, some of those iconic images that we know of might have
been taken in colour if colour film and processing had been available
for the same price as B&W, and if they could have been published for
the same cost.
>Actually, one thing that has not been mentioned yet...
>
>Name 5 iconic color images of the last 100 years.
>
>Now name 10 iconic B&W images of the last 100 years.
>
>I bet you can do the second one much faster than the first.
>
>It's not just that "real photographers shoot B&W," but that B&W has more
>impact, generally speaking.
>
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