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4 Quotes About B&W Photography

  • Writer: vivi's artflash
    vivi's artflash
  • Apr 21, 2020
  • 1 min read

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Image by Robert Frank

“Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.” – Robert Frank


“There’s something strange and powerful about black-and-white imagery.” – Stefan Kanfer


“Everything always looked better in black and white. Everything always looked as if it were the first time; there’s always more people in a black and white photograph. It just makes it seem that there were more people at a gig, more people at a football match, than with colour photography. Everything looks more exciting.” – Jack Lowden


“When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in black and white, you photograph their souls!”  – Ted Grant


Black and white pictures are classic expressions of timeless moments, and these quotes that go along with them are timeless as well.



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