On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the B&W, in photographs or in cinema, engages the viewer's > imagination more than do the color equivalents.
B&W leaves more out ... B&W's reduction of image information nets a more abstractive aesthetic where to my eye color is often very literal. Said another way, with color work I find it harder to get past the "what is that?" thing-oriented reaction of a lot of viewers, where with B&W work 'what something is' seems to be of lesser priority. Color distracts from seeing clearly in many cases. In other cases, of course, without color there isn't enough information in the image. ;-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
