Black and White Photography

I am a huge fan of black and white photography. I am a fan of starting blog posts with cliché sentences, too, it seems. I don’t only love taking black and white photos for the sake of it but I am also fond of synthesising them in my work.

I’m really impressed by this paradox effect they have, that getting rid of the colours works as a highlighter. If it’s about photos on their own, toning down the physical attributes lets the meaning behind, the emotions and the delicate details predominate. Less visual impulse results more charged emotional effect. They also idealise or, on the contrary, deglamorize the moment (depending on the object – whether the picture shows something beautiful, uplifting, or painful) because they rive that split second off of reality and extend the moment into eternity.

In the case of a complex graphic design featuring black and white images, the latter do a great job balancing out colours, preventing the image to come across childish-looking and sneaking in a little bit of a vintage vibe. I feel like staying low-key is a great way to stand out nowadays when we are drowned by too much information, too much colours, too many options, too much noise – too much stimulation. We shouldn’t be afraid of not being seen.

Photo: Millennium Park, Chicago, 2013

You can check out the full album here.