Black and White Photography
Transcript: Resurfacing of B&W Photography Ansel Easton Adams February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984 American photographer and environmentalist Adams founded the photography group known as Group f/64 Thank you Black and white is back because it's part of the power of photography and when used well can accentuate the picture Black and White Photography Yousuf Karsh December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002 Armenian–Canadian portrait photographer Notable work Portraits of Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, Elizabeth II, John F. Kennedy, and others From an artistic viewpoint; color depicts reality. Black and white is an interpretation of reality. When shooting my own pictures, I kept 3 main things in mind in order to have successful pictures. Low ISO When to shoot Composition Karsh's portrait of Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld Before there was color photography, there was black-and-white photography. the first hundred plus years of photography was etched in monochromatic tones in the past fifty years, there have been lots of reasons to use black-and-white film In today's world, everything is in color whether it be movies,newspapers, any type of screen. We are focusing on trying to make the colors clearer and more vibrant. Yousuf Karsh portrait of Winston Churchill on the cover of Life magazine. It is considered one of the most iconic images of the 20th century Cathedral Peak and Lake History of Black and White Photography Yousuf Karsh Ansel Adams Tetons and the Snake river