“Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.” BlackWhiteForeverMankindColorDespairPhotographyAlternativesBlack And WhiteHope And DespairBlack WhiteArt PhotographyBlack And White PhotographyColor Photography Book:Robert Frank Source: Robert Frank
“Not only does a lens distort forms, but the ordinary plate makes an unholy mess of colour in its tone relations. Yellow becomes black, and blue white. Black sunflowers against a white sky - what a travesty!” DoeFormBlackWhiteSkyPhotographyOrdinaryRelationBlueMessToneColourYellowPlatesLensesSunflowerTravesty Author:Walter J. Phillips
“One teacher told me that my work belonged in the trash. That day I ran out of the classroom and ended up in the library, where there happened to be a black and white photography exhibition of Robert Rauschenberg's photographs of the streets of New York. The subject of his photos were exactly what I was painting about.” BlackWhiteTeacherHappenedStreetsSubjectsNew YorkPaintingPhotographyLibraryPhotographRanClassroomBlack And WhiteTrashExhibitionsBlack And White Photography Author:Jose Parla
“Whatever it takes to get the image to reach that level is what that photographer needs to do. And for me, I just have such a love of the tactile and sensuous quality of a black and white silver gelatin print.” NeedsBlackWhiteLevelsQualityPhotographyPhotographerSilverPrintBlack And WhiteWhatever It TakesSensuousTactileGelatin Author:John Sexton
“Black-and-white photography, which I was doing in the very early days, was essentially called art photography and usually consisted of landscapes by people like Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. But photographs by people like Adams didn't interest me.” PeopleArtBlackInterestWhitePhotographyPhotographLandscapeBlack And WhiteArt PhotographyBlack And White Photography Author:William Eggleston